Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Zion, Illinois
Honored By
Warren S. Dronen
Served in Army Air Corps. Enlisted January 1941; graduated from Cadets as pilot and commissioned April 1943. Entered European Theater of Operations, November 1944; flew 85 missions as part of 9th Air Force, 19th Tactical Air Command, 362nd Fighter Group in close air support of General Patton's 3rd Army.