Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chemung County, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON 'BLACK PIRATES', 90TH BOMB GROUP (JOLLY ROGERS), FIFTH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF WILLIAM MAXWELL CREW. KILLED JUNE 11, 1944, WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHED INTO JUNGLE, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT HOLLANDIA. AWARDED AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, PURPLE HEART.