Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Coolidge, Texas
Honored By
Col. Jack L Keith, USAF (Ret)
Relationship
Fellow Fighter Pilot & Staff Officer at TAC
FLEW 181 FIGHTER COMBAT MISSIONS IN P-39 AND P-38 AIRCRAFT WITH THE 5TH AIR FORCE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. SCORED 22 AERIAL VICTORIES AGAINST JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, REPRESENTING THE 4TH HIGHEST NUMBER OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY AN ARMY AIR CORPS PILOT IN THE PACIFIC.