Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Fostoria, Ohio
Honored By
Mrs. Lois L. Headley
Inducted into service June 13, 1941, Toledo, Ohio. Was a Parachute Rigger and Repairman, repairing leather and cloth fighter clothing and supervising 2 other men, while active in battles and campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and Ardennes Air Offensive Europe. Served 2 years, 2 months, 20 days in the Continental U.S. and 1 year, 7 months, 8 days in The European theater of Operations, March 1944-October 1945.