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Born in St Louis, Missouri - 20 August 1925
Enlisted in the USAAF as a private - 7 July 1943
Completed pilot training and commissioned as a second lieutenant - 26 January 1945
Promoted to captain - 16 January 1951
Sent to Korea with 335th FSI/4th FIW, flying F-86 Sabre jets - late 1951
Downed a MiG 15 near Pyongyang (his first kill) - 25 January, 1951
Claimed a MiG 15 near Songhyon-dong - 19 March, 1951
Destroyed two more MiGs - April, 1951
Made ace (his fifth aerial victory) by shooting down a MiG near Yangsi - 3 May 1952
Died in flying accident in Venezuela - April, 1956 
Aerial Victories: 5 confirmed and 4 damaged
Medals: Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 OLC's and the Air Medal with 5 OLC's
Sources:
American Fighter Aces Album, copyright 1996 by the American Fighter Aces Association, Mesa, Arizona
Korean War Aces, Robert F. Dorr, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 1995
USAAF ETO Aces USAAF PTO Aces USMC Aces US Navy Aces
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