Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Mr. David Byron Kelsey
Relationship
Nephew
Basic training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. Airplane Mechanic school at aforementioned, several other related schools then assigned to B-24 Liberator, served in 482nd Bomber Group. Was shot down over Abbeville, France on March 2, 1944. Imprisoned in Stalag Luft 4, liberated May 2, 1945 and sent home.