Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ouray, Colorado
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
ENLISTED IN DECEMBER 1940. MEMBER OF THE 355TH FIGHTER GROUP. COMMANDER OF THE 354TH FIGHTER SQUADRON FROM OCTOBER 1944 UNTIL JUNE 1945. BY THE END OF THE WAR, HE HAD FLOWN 73 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND HAD BECOME A TRIPLE ACE WITH 16 1/2 ENEMY AIRPLANES TO HIS CREDIT.