Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 13TH AIR FORCE, 307TH BOMB GROUP, 371ST BOMB SQUADRON ON SCHOUTE ISLAND, INDONESIA. ENGINEER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER THAT WAS LOST TO JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE WHILE ON A MISSION NEAR BALIKPAPEN, INDONESIA OCTOBER 3, 1944. AWARDED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH 7 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, AND PURPLE HEART