Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Petersburg, Virginia
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND B-17-G BOMBER RADIO OPERATOR AND WAS STATIONED AT NUTHAMPSTEAD FIELD, ENGLAND. HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY ON DECEMBER 29, 1944 AND HE WAS CAPTURED. HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN NUREMBERG UNTIL APRIL 1945, WHEN HE WAS LIBERATED.