Hometown
Hawthorne, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN AND SERVED AS A PILOT UNDER TRAINING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO WHEN HIS NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD MK II (RCAF 2839) CRASHED NEAR FISHERVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA ON APRIL 17, 1942. BURIED AT CEDAR LAWN CEMETERY, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. COMMEMORATED AT THE HAWTHORNE WWII MONUMENT, HAWTHORNE, PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.