Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Germania, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Michael Lynett
In October of 1941, he enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps and became a navigator. On August 17th, 1943, his B-17 aircraft was shot down in a bombing raid on Schweinfurt, Germany, and he spent twenty-one months as a prisoner of war. For wounds received, he was awarded the Purple Heart medal.