Hometown
Folmsted Mission, Texas
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 PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 7 'PATHFINDER' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK VIII (W5647) CRASHED NEAR BALLYGALLY, COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1943. BURIED AT CHRIST CHURCH, CHURCH OF IRELAND, CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, DRUMACHOSE, COUNTY DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND.