Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
STAFF SERGEANT. ARMORER AND GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 780TH SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ON A COMBAT MISSION TO THE MARSHALLING YARDS AT MARIBOR, YUGOSLAVIA ON 1 MARCH 1945. RETURNED BY PARTISAN FORCES TO BARI, ITALY.