Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Waterloo, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
SECOND LIEUTENANT, PILOT, B-24 LIBERATOR 'READY, WILLING AND ABLE', 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. KILLED MARCH 5, 1944. ON A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST HANSA BAY, THE PLANE WAS LOST DUE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. MISSION AIR CREW REPORT 3307. AWARDED AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.