35th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group Eagle Squadron volunteer and ace of the USAAF with 8.5 aerial kills
U.S. Awards: Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Additional Army Awards
Born in Utica, New York in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the beginning of World War II, and served in England with the British Royal Air Force as an operational pilot before receiving a commission as a Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps on May 26, 1943, and he was credited with the destruction of 8.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before being shot down during the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944.
U.S. Awards: Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Additional Army Awards
Born in Utica, New York in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the beginning of World War II, and served in England with the British Royal Air Force as an operational pilot before receiving a commission as a Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps on May 26, 1943, and he was credited with the destruction of 8.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before being shot down during the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944.
35th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group Eagle Squadron volunteer and ace of the USAAF with 8.5 aerial kills
U.S. Awards: Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Additional Army Awards
Born in Utica, New York in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the beginning of World War II, and served in England with the British Royal Air Force as an operational pilot before receiving a commission as a Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps on May 26, 1943, and he was credited with the destruction of 8.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before being shot down during the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944.
U.S. Awards: Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Additional Army Awards
Born in Utica, New York in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the beginning of World War II, and served in England with the British Royal Air Force as an operational pilot before receiving a commission as a Flight Officer in the US Army Air Corps on May 26, 1943, and he was credited with the destruction of 8.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat before being shot down during the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois.
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