Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wheatland, Wyoming
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. VOLUNTEERED FOR DUTY ON AN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS SHOT DOWN ON A MISSION OVER AUSTRIA ON APRIL 17, 1943. TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) BY THE GERMANS AND SPENT 25 MONTHS IN THE STALAG XVII-B POW CAMP. LIBERATED IN MAY 1945, REPATRIATED, HONORABLY DISCHARGED, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.