Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Alabama
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, B-24 LIBERATOR 'TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF OLIVER SHEEHAN CREW. DIED DECEMBER 1, 1943. AFTER A BOMBING RAID ON WEWAK, A JAPANESE FIGHTER ATTACKED AND HIT THE PORT WING OF THE BOMBER CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE IN MID-AIR. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 2085. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.