Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Visalia, California
Honored By
Judith Covert
Relationship
Daughter-in-Law
SERVED AS AN ARMORER, REAR TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17G AIRCRAFT. DURING A MISSION TO BRUX, CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN. HE BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR AND WAS RELEASED ON OR ABOUT 22 MAY 1946.