Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Coldwater, Michigan
Honored By
Kathy Rinke
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1943. RECEIVED CREW TRAINING IN B-17 AND FERRIED A B-17 TO ENGLAND. ASSIGNED TO THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 324TH SQUADRON AT BASSINGBOURN, ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN ON 34TH MISSION ON NOVEMBER 21, 1944 OVER MERSEBURG, GERMANY. CAPTURED AND REMAINED A POW UNTIL LIBERATED FROM STALAG VII-A BY PATTON'S 3RD ARMY ON APRIL 29, 1945.