Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Oxford, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN ITALY DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.