Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cushing, Oklahoma
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS CREWMAN OF A B-24 LIBERATOR WITH THE 403RD BOMB SQUADRON, 43RD BOMB GROUP HEAVY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON APRIL 16, 1944 THE PLANE NEVER RETURNED FROM A BOMBING RAID NEAR HOLLANDIA AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE CRASHED IN MOROBE PROVINCE, NEW GUINEA. HE WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.