Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Family
PROUDLY SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT FROM 1943 TO 1945 WITH THE 97TH BOMB GROUP OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE. BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER ITALY IN FEBRUARY 1945. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN OCTOBER 1945.