Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ogden, Utah
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
He flew combat sorties in a P-51 Mustang while assigned to 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, European Theatre of Operations. On 21 March 1945, while strafing enemy targets, his P-51D serial #44-63670 nicknamed 'T-Wang' tail code WD-O was struck by flak and crashed near Hesepe, Germany.