Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania
SERVED FROM OCTOBER 4, 1941 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 135TH ARMY AIR FORCES BASE UNIT. WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE GERMANS ON JANUARY 13, 1943 IN FRANCE. AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.