Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
SERGEANT. BALL TURRET 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 MARCH 22, 1945.