Hometown
St. Anthony, Idaho
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 101 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS METROPOLITAN VICKERS LANCASTER MK III (W4863) CRASHED ON LANDING AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, SCORTON, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO DORTMUND, GERMANY ON MAY 5, 1943. BURIED AT CATTERICK CEMETERY, CATTERICK, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.