Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Spring Valley, Illinois
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
STAFF SERGEANT. FLIGHT ENGINEER AND WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. KILLED IN ACTION WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT EXPLODED FROM A DIRECT HIT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ON A COMBAT MISSION TO THE HELINGENSTADT MARSHALLING YARD AT VIENNA, AUSTRIA ON 22 MARCH 1945.