Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM APRIL 11, 1943 UNTIL OCTOBER 16, 1945. SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR WITH THE 464TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. WAS SHOT DOWN OVER VIENNA, AUSTRIA ON HIS 41ST MISSION AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS ON OCTOBER 17, 1944. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.