Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kansas
Honored By
A Grateful American
CORPORAL, B-24 LIBERATOR, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. KILLED NOVEMBER 15, 1942. THE AIRCRAFT 'LADY BEVERLY' CRASHED ON ITS FIRST COMBAT MISSION AFTER BEING HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE OVER THE TARGET. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 16076. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.