Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Honored By
Kenneth J. Ehlenbach
Enlisted March 31, 1942. Basic training U.S. Army Air Corps Basic Training. Transferred to Communications Training, Scott Air Field, South Carolina; Squadron 34, 315th Troop Carrier. Assigned as Assistant Radio operator and mechanic to Lieutenant Ford Blaney Crew on C-53 aircraft. Unit transferred with 315th Troop Carrier Group to Presque Island, Maine for Flight across North Atlantic; Goose Bay. Transferred from Private to Aviation Cadet, Classification Center in San Antonio, Texas.