He was stationed in Izmir, Turkey425th Air Base Squadron. He was riding his bicycle on a super highway about 19 miles from Izmir, he was run over by a Turkish civilian driving a vehicle.  At the time of his death 5/24/1997, he was the commander of logistics flight.  He was a graduate of the School of Logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio.  He enlisted March 1978 spending 16 years in the  military.