Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
FIRST LIEUTENANT, B-17 BOMBARDIER, KILLED APRIL 20, 1945. HE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM EUROPEAN COMBAT AND WAS ON BOARD A DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS, TO BERRY ARMY AIRFIELD IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE PLANE CAUGHT FIRE AND CRASHED NEAR SWEETWATER, TEXAS.