- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Unit
- Bombardier 1035, Heavy Bomber; Preflight Ellington Field, Texas; Advanced Bombardier, Childress, Texas
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1943 – 1945
- Date of Birth
- 08/17/1922
- Date of Death
- 10/29/1988
- Hometown
- Allen, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal; North American Combat Balkans
- Burial Location
- Darby Twp: St. John's Lutheran
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section Q
- Overseas Service
- Northern Apennines; European Theater; Air Combat Balkans
- Township (entering service)
- Allen
- Township (current / at death)
- Darby
- Church
- St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
- School
- Allen Center High School
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 11/11/1944
- Where
- Germany
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Northern Apennines; European Theater; Air Combat Balkans. Church: St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: Allen Center High School. Serial #O-722763; imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11; POW Featured in Veterans Day Issue of MJT 11/10/2023
Source: Recorder's Certificate of Service, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p 302; G.W. Claar; Veterans Service Office; Heroes from the Heartland, p. 26; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Marsville Journal-Tribune, 10/31/1988; National Archives | 8-23-2011 Recorder's Certificate of Service removed from file (privacy law) by Esther Carmany