Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
San Juaquin, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
SECOND LIEUTENANT, 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. KILLED MAY 12, 1945. HIS PLANE CRASHED SOON AFTER TAKE OFF INTO THE WATER SOUTHWEST OF MINDORO. AWARDED: AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART.