Rank
Class Of
1943
Branch
MIA/KIA
MIA
Conflict
Born
March 3, 1921
Died
Aug. 3, 1943
Fraternity
Sigma Chi
Awards
Purple Heart, Air Medal
Buried
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines (Plot Tablets Of The Missing). Sulphur Springs City Cemetery Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas
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Biography
Born in Germany, he fought and died in the service of the American armed forces during an armed confrontation with Japanese forces in World War II. He was declared missing in action, presumed dead, when his B-17, successfully returning from a mission to bomb Bogadjim village in New Guinea, was attacked by Japanese Ki-43 Oscars of the 24th Sentai and crashed off Bogadjim, 100 yards offshore from the mouth of the Mindjim River.