He entered the service on 23 November 1943 from Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted as a private in the Air Corps; he had four years of high school education, was single, without dependents and his civilian occupation was listed as: "Semiskilled longshoremen and stevedores".



We have him listed as participating in three 437th flights as a Radio Operator: Mission DETROIT on 06 June 1944; Mission Elmira on 06 June 1944 and the resupply and air evacuation Mission #49 in August of 1944.