Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Emery County, Utah
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON 'BLACK PIRATES', 90TH BOMB GROUP (JOLLY ROGERS), FIFTH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS FLYING WITH LARK MARTIN AND PART OF HIS CREW THAT WERE TESTING A PLANE WHICH WAS GETTING READY FOR COMBAT. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, IT CRASHED IN FRIENDLY WATERS. HE WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 2, 1943.