Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Racine, Wisconsin
Honored By
The Cooper Family
ENTERED THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN JANUARY, 1944. HE SERVED AS A TOP TURRET GUNNER ON A DOUGLAS A-20 HAVOC, IN THE SKY LANCERS 417TH BOMBER GROUP, 674TH WOLF PACK SQUADRON, STATIONED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PRIOR TO HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946, HE SERVED AS A CREW CHIEF FOR A P-51 SQUADRON IN JAPAN.