Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Walnut Grove, Minnesota
Honored By
Duane Giesler
Relationship
Son
8th ARMY AIR FORCE, 445th BOMB GROUP. Radio Operator; B-24J 'Mairzy Doats'. Shot down on Kassel Mission, 27 September 1944 (19th mission). Prisoner of War, Gross Tychow, Poland. 86 day Black March; 6 February to 2 May 1945. Liberated near Lubeck, Germany by British forces.