Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Alden, Pennsylvania
SERVED FROM MAY 15, 1941 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1944. SERVED WITH COMPANY 'B', 803RD ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION. WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPANESE ON MAY 7, 1942 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHEN THE PRISONER SHIP (SHINYO MARU) THAT HE WAS TRAVELING ON WAS SUNK IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.