Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Florida
Honored By
A Grateful American
FIRST LIEUTENANT, PILOT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. THEY WERE FLYING A MISSION ON THE 'YANKEE DOODLE DANDY' AND WERE LOST. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE, INTERROGATED AND THEN KILLED. HE WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.