Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Marion, Indiana
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A FLIGHT OFFICER AND A PILOT OF A NORTH AMERICAN AT-6C ‘TEXAN’ ADVANCED TRAINER. HE WAS KILLED JULY 4, 1945 WHEN HIS TRAINER CRASHED NEAR ROGGEN, COLORADO.