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Casualty Info
Home Town Hammond, Indiana
Last Address Florennes/Juzaine Airfield (A-78), Belgium
Casualty Date Dec 19, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Belgium
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
He enlisted in the USAAF in 1942, trained in the US, then flew combat missions in Europe in P-61 Black Widow night fighters. He was credited with 1 probable shoot-down of a JU-88.
He and his radar observer, T/Sgt Richard Heggie, were killed when their aircraft crashed in fog.
He is buried in Belgium and also memorialized in Roseland Cemetery, Francesville, IN.