Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Valley County, Idaho
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, RADIO OPERATOR, B-24 LIBERATOR, 320TH SQUADRON (MOBY DICK), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF WILLIAM YOUNG CREW. HE WAS KILLED MAY 12, 1945, WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHED SOON AFTER TAKE OFF INTO THE WATER SOUTHWEST OF MINDORO. AWARDED: AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.