Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Leesburg, Florida
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He belonged to the USAAF 66th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group. He was a left waist gunner on a B-24D Liberator dubbed the Queen Marlene when it was shot down by the Luftwaffe near the village of Equennes-Eramecourt, near Amiens in northern France, on 21 January 1944. His remains were exhumed and identified by the (DPAA) and listed as accounted for on 13 July 2023. Plans are being made to bury him in his home town of Leesburg, Florida.