Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Monongalia County, West Virginia
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER GUNNER, WHO WAS KILLED FEBRUARY 7, 1945. HE SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN ONE OF THE BOMBER’S GUN TURRETS WAS ACCIDENTALLY ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO ARMY AIR FIELD, PUEBLO, COLORADO.