Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Montgomery, Alabama
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE 96TH BOMB GROUP, 338TH BOMB SQUADRON, 3RD BOMB WING. WAS CAPTURED AND HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE 3RD REICH FROM 1943 TO 1945 AT LUFT 3, DULAG LUFT 7A. WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND THE AIR MEDAL. HE WAS IN THE ARMY FROM 1941 TO 1963 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.