Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Meade County, Kansas
Honored By
Grateful American
SPENT 31 MONTHS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC FLYING 400 COMBAT HOURS AS A GUNNER. DIED IN A B-24 CRASH AT FRANGIBLE BULLET GUNNERY SCHOOL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ON JUNE 30, 1945. ELEVEN OF THE THIRTEEN MEMBER CREW PERISHED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.