Hometown
Avon Lake, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR OBSERVER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 1 OVERSEAS AIRCRAFT DISPATCH UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE WHEN HIS BRISTOL BLENHEIM MK V (BA542) WAS LOST ON JULY 16, 1942. BURIED AT PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, NEAR PORT SAID, EGYPT.