Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Belleville, Illinois
Honored By
Ms. Lois Heublein
Relationship
Wife
Pilot with Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron 118, the first squadron to fly privateers, PB4Y-2, July 1, 1944 to December 11, 1945. Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Coast of Korea. Wounded off the coast of Korea in bombing run, 100 ships sunk, 106 damaged, 10 aircraft destroyed, 6 damaged, warehouses, barracks, fight houses, railroads destroyed or severely damaged.