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Birth- May 14, 1923
Wessington, South Dakota
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army Air Forces
Rank
First Lieutenant
Served In
862nd Bombardment Squadron and the 493rd Bombardment Group
Death- Dec 31, 1944-Age: 22 years
His PLANE went down while he was flying a mission as a co-pilot of a Flying Fortress
over Hamelin, Germany
Burial
Originally buried in the government cemetery at Hamelin am Wehr, Germany in grave 44.” His body was reburied, after the war, at the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota.
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