SECOND LIEUTENANT, WAS
A PARATROOPER IN HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 504TH
PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. HIS UNIT
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY. HE WAS
ONBOARD OF C-53D 42-68720 THAT WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. HE IS
BURIED IN THE SICILY ROME CEMETERY IN NETTUNO, ITALY.
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