Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Middletown, Connecticut
Honored By
R. Otto
SERVED AS AVIATION DEPARTMENT CHIEF. WAS CO-PILOT AND MECHANIC IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE WORLD. STATIONED IN PORT LYAUTY, AFRICA, FROM WHERE HE WAS FLYING MISSIONS IN ITALY. SHOT DOWN BY GERMANS BUT RESCUED, BADLY HURT. DEVELOPED BRAIN TUMOR AND DIED AS A RESULT IN 1955.