Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-38 ‘LIGHTING’ FIGHTER PILOT ASSIGNED THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 67TH FIGHTER WING, 364TH FIGHTER GROUP, 384TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, STATIONED AT HONINGTON, ENGLAND, ARMY AIR FORCE STATION #375. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944 WHILE FLYING AN INTERDICTORY COMBAT MISSION AND IS BURIED AT THE ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY, NEUPRE (NEUVILLE-EN-CONDROZ), BELGIUM. CAMPAIGNS: AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.