Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
John J. Graf, HFTS
Relationship
Friend
SERGEANT. SERVED AS A TAIL GUNNER ON A B-24 AIRPLANE WITH THE 700TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 445TH BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY, 2ND COMBAT WING, 2ND AIR DIVISION. HE WAS SHOT DOWN WHILE RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION OVER GERMANY, APRIL 12, 1944, TO TIBENHAN AIR BASE, ENGLAND. BURIED AT NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY, MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS.