Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hutchinson, Kansas
Honored By
Gregory A. Falen
Relationship
Nephew
SERVED ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. MORTALLY WOUNDED ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CREW ON THEIR 35TH AND LAST BOMBING MISSION. THE PLANE CRAWLED BACK OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND CRASHED AND BURNED ON UNITED KINGDOM SOIL. INITIALLY BURIED IN VETERANS CEMETERY IN ENGLAND, THEN BROUGHT HOME IN 1953 AND BURIED IN HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.