Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ness County, Kansas
STAFF SERGEANT, 702ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 445TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY). LEFT WAIST GUNNER ON B-24 TAIL NUMBER 42-7517, KILLED IN ACTION ON FEBRUARY 24, 1944 DURING A RAID ON AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN GOTHA, GERMANY. THE 445TH WAS AWARDED A DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE GOTHA RAID WITH THE LOSS OF 122 AIRMEN.