- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- Squadron A, 3502nd AAF Base Unit
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 04/09/1942 – 10/22/1945
- Date of Birth
- 01/08/1918
- Date of Death
- 11/20/2016
- Hometown
- East Liberty, Ohio, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon with three bronze battle stars; Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster
- Monument Paver
- No
- Also served in
- Army, Air Force
- Overseas Service
- Normandy, Northern France; Rhineland, Germany
- Township (entering service)
- East Liberty, Ohio
- Township (current / at death)
- California
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 10/03/1944 - 07/04/1945
- Where
- Germany
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
Overseas service: Normandy, Northern France; Rhineland, Germany. School: UNKNOWN. Union County residency not confirmed; enlistment record lists residence as Champaign County; Federal Census records list residence as Logan County; no Union County property tax records 1938-1952; not listed in Young American Patriots; serial #15195066; enlisted 04/09/1942, Fairfield County; aerial gunner; flew B25's and B47's; hospitalized in England for 5 months; weighed 98 lbs. when discharged; detained at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedome Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 voice from the stone honoree November 2010 speaker Don Richardson
Source: DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 83; National Archives (enlistment record and POW record); 1920 and 1930 Federal Census Records; Union County Engineer's Office, 1940 maps; Union County Auditor's Office (property tax records)