Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Honored By
Anna Kean
STAFF SERGEANT. INDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942, QUALIFIED AS A CARBINE MARKSMAN. SERVED IN CHINA-BURMA-INDIA WITH THE 16TH FIGHTER SQUADRON AS AN AIRPLANE ARMORER. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 12, 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.