Lakota, ND


County:
Nelson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Air Force

Rank:
1st Lieutenant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
339th All Weather Squadron

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
35th Fighter Interceptor Wing

Circumstances:

Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.