Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Delta County, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS MARCH 29, 1944. RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT SHEPPARD ARMY AIR BASE, TEXAS, BIG SPRINGS ARMY AIR BASE, TEXAS AND CAMP MAXEY, TEXAS. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. DECORATIONS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 1946.