Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A AVIATION CADET STUDENT PILOT IN A TB-25C 'MITCHELL' TRAINER BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 8, 1944 ALONG WITH THE AVIATION CADET STUDENT COPILOT WHILE PERFORMING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATION TRAINING MISSION. THE BOMBER CRASHED AT THE LA JUNTA ARMY AIR FIELD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO DURING AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING.