Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Davenport, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF HARLAND PALMER CREW. HIS PLANE CRASHED OVER NEW GUINEA AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION ON RABAUL ISLAND, NOVEMBER 11, 1943. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.