Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Fond du luc, Wisconsin
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. KILLED NOVEMBER 15, 1942. THE AIRCRAFT 'LADY BEVERLY' CRASHED ON ITS FIRST COMBAT MISSION BECAUSE OF BEING HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE OVER THE TARGET. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 16076. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.