Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Springfield, Illinois
Honored By
Bisch Funeral Homes
RADIO OPERATOR ON B-24 BOMBER. SHOT DOWN ON 29TH COMBAT MISSION BY GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES OVER KASSEL, GERMANY. TAKEN TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NEAR THE BALTIC SEA. WAS ON MARCH FOR 78 DAYS, 500 MILES; FREED BY 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT BITTERFIELD, GERMANY.