Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Honored By
Edgar A. Fleetwood
GRADUATED GREENBRIER MILITARY SCHOOL IN 1944. ENLISTED (SERIAL NUMBER 15174821) AS AVIATION CADET, RADIO OPERATOR/GUNNER, 2756 FLYING STATUS. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AREA, OKINAWA AT WAR'S END. JAPANESE OCCUPATION, STATIONED ATSUGI AIRFIELD; ASSIGNED TO GENERAL MACARTHUR'S AIRCRAFT NAMED 'BATAAN' AS RADIO OPERATOR. DISCHARGED FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS 1946.