Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, TAIL GUNNER, B-24 LIBERATOR, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. MEMBER OF ROBERT RYAN CREW. ON JUNE 11, 1944 THE 'LOUISIANA LULLLABY', WAS ATTACKED AND SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE CREW BEING WOUNDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO BASE AND LANDED AT WADKE ISLAND.