Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Goodland, Kansas
Honored By
Byron Myers
DROPPED 82ND AIRBORNE PREVIOUS TO D-DAY INVASION. RE-SUPPLY OF 101ST AIRBORNE AT BASTOGNE, DECEMBER 1944. OTHER BATTLES INCLUDE SOUTHERN FRANCE, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES, SOUTHERN EUROPE. RECEIVED 4 AIR MEDALS; 7 BATTLE STARS; DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE AND PRESIDENTIAL CITATION; AND 1 THEATER RIBBON - THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALMS FOURRAGERE FOR INVASIONS OF NORMANDY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE.