Hometown
Johnson City, Tennessee
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 57 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS MILES M.9 MASTER (N7833) CRASHED INTO UPTON MILL AT UPTON, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND ON JULY 1, 1941. BURIED AT ST. DEINIOL CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, HAWARDEN, FLINTSHIRE, NORTH WALES. COMMEMORATED AT MONTE VISTA MEMORIAL PARK, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.