Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Delta County, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: LIEUTENANT. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1943. TRAINED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI; OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN; SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; FORT SUMMERS, NEW MEXICO; LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND LANGLEY FIELD, VIRGINIA. SERVED AS AN AIRCREW MEMBER IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.