Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Mishawaka, Indiana
Honored By
John Meurs
TAIL GUNNER WITH THE 44TH BOMB GROUP, 68TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-17G, SERIAL # 41-92471, WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS ON A MISSION TO BERLIN. THE BOMBER EXPLODED IN MID-AIR. HE WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH.