Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Freeland, Pennsylvania
SERVED FROM JANUARY 6, 1942 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON DECEMBER 3, 1944. SERVED WITH THE 881ST BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 20TH AIR FORCE ABOARD A B-29 NICKNAMED THE 'ROSALIA ROCKET' AS A TAIL GUNNER. WAS KILLED WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN NEAR TOKYO, JAPAN. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.