Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM OCTOBER 17, 1942 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON FEBRUARY 3, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 350TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 100TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY), 8TH AIR FORCE. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER. WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHEN HIS B-17 (#44-6500) RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT FROM FLAK AND CRASHED IN BERLIN, GERMANY. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.