Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kansas City, Missouri
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCES AT AGE 19. SERVED AS A TAIL GUNNER ABOARD B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' AND B-24 'LIBERATOR' BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. HIS FIRST COMBAT MISSION WAS ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.