Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
West Pittston, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1939 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 5 SEPTEMBER 1942 TO 29 JUNE 1945 AS A RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 813TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (PATHFINDER), LATER (HEAVY), IN ENGLAND. THE SQUADRON EARNED A DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION IN JANUARY 1944 FOR A MISSION OVER CENTRAL GERMANY. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 5 JULY 1945 AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY.