Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Abilene, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
RESIDING IN ABILENE, TEXAS WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES AT DALLAS, TEXAS ON 7 April 1942. SERVED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT O-741195 WITH THE 587TH BOMB SQUADRON, 394TH BOMB GROUP. HE WAS THE NAVIGATOR AND WAS KILLED IN A B-26 BOMBER CRASH AND BURN TWO MILES SOUTH OF KELLOGG FIELD, MICHIGAN ON 8 JANUARY 1944.