Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Guilford County, North Carolina
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 389TH BOMB GROUP, 565TH BOMB SQUADRON AT HETHEL AIRFIELD, NORFOLK, ENGLAND. RIGHT WAIST GUNNER ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER, 'NUFF SAID' WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS OVER TELTOW, GERMANY WHILE ON A MISSION TO BERLIN, GERMANY ON JUNE 21, 1944. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.