SERVED WITH THE 5TH AIR FORCE, 345TH BOMB GROUP, 498TH BOMB SQUADRON AT IE SHIMA AIRFIELD, OKINAWA. CO-PILOT ON A B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER THAT CRASH LANDED INTO THE SEA WHILE ON A MISSION OFF KUMAMOTO, KYUSHU ISLAND, JAPAN. HE WAS CAPTURED AND HELD AS A POW UNTIL EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE AUGUST 15, 1945.