Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Union County, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 93RD BOMB GROUP, 330TH BOMB SQUADRON AS A GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN ON ITS APPROACH TO TAFRAOUI, ALGERIA ON DECEMBER 7, 1942. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.