Hometown
Highland Park, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 76 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK II (W1104) CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SEA SOUTHEAST OF VLIELAND, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BREMEN ON JUNE 4, 1942. BURIED AT SAGE WAR CEMETERY, OLDENBERG, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.