Hometown
Bradford, Massachusetts
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 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. 23 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. 1C (R1266) CRASHED NEAR THE TERWINDT BRICKYARD AT KERKDRIEL, THE NETHERLANDS ON JUNE 2, 1942. BURIED AT UDEN WAR CEMETERY, UDEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.