Hometown
High Point, North Carolina
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A TRAINING EXERCISE AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 10 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, MOUNT PLEASANT, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WHEN HIS BRISTOL FAIRCHILD BOLINGBROKE (10094) CRASHED AT RICHMOND, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA ON NOVEMBER 9, 1944. BURIED AT OAK WOOD CEMETERY, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.