Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hillside, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
Relationship
Veteran
SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 485TH BOMB GROUP, 829TH BOMB SQUADRON IN VENOSA, ITALY. WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER THAT EXPERIENCED A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER BOMBER THAT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE WHILE RETURNING FROM A MISSION OVER REGENSBURG, GERMANY ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.