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