John served as a Sergeant & Radio Operator on B-24M #44-42352, 531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Lake County, South Dakota prior to the war.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy ground anti-aircraft fire over the Island of Formosa during a raid on the Airdrome at Taichu during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37486175.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24M #44-42352:
Barone, Robert L ~ Sgt, Gunner, Illinois
Benson, Robert J ~ Sgt, Gunner, ME
Bogan, Edward J ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Branney, John W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, WY
Garland, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NJ
Kral, William E ~ Sgt, Gunner, PA
Kuehnel, Guenther F ~ FO, Pilot, NJ
Matthews, John E ~ Sgt, Engineer, OH
Ronk, John H, Jr ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, SD
Trafton, Sherman W ~ 2nd Lt, Flight Commander, MT
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Lake County, South Dakota prior to the war.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy ground anti-aircraft fire over the Island of Formosa during a raid on the Airdrome at Taichu during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37486175.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24M #44-42352:
Barone, Robert L ~ Sgt, Gunner, Illinois
Benson, Robert J ~ Sgt, Gunner, ME
Bogan, Edward J ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Branney, John W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, WY
Garland, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NJ
Kral, William E ~ Sgt, Gunner, PA
Kuehnel, Guenther F ~ FO, Pilot, NJ
Matthews, John E ~ Sgt, Engineer, OH
Ronk, John H, Jr ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, SD
Trafton, Sherman W ~ 2nd Lt, Flight Commander, MT
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
John served as a Sergeant & Radio Operator on B-24M #44-42352, 531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Lake County, South Dakota prior to the war.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy ground anti-aircraft fire over the Island of Formosa during a raid on the Airdrome at Taichu during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37486175.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24M #44-42352:
Barone, Robert L ~ Sgt, Gunner, Illinois
Benson, Robert J ~ Sgt, Gunner, ME
Bogan, Edward J ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Branney, John W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, WY
Garland, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NJ
Kral, William E ~ Sgt, Gunner, PA
Kuehnel, Guenther F ~ FO, Pilot, NJ
Matthews, John E ~ Sgt, Engineer, OH
Ronk, John H, Jr ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, SD
Trafton, Sherman W ~ 2nd Lt, Flight Commander, MT
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Lake County, South Dakota prior to the war.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy ground anti-aircraft fire over the Island of Formosa during a raid on the Airdrome at Taichu during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37486175.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-24M #44-42352:
Barone, Robert L ~ Sgt, Gunner, Illinois
Benson, Robert J ~ Sgt, Gunner, ME
Bogan, Edward J ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Branney, John W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, WY
Garland, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NJ
Kral, William E ~ Sgt, Gunner, PA
Kuehnel, Guenther F ~ FO, Pilot, NJ
Matthews, John E ~ Sgt, Engineer, OH
Ronk, John H, Jr ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, SD
Trafton, Sherman W ~ 2nd Lt, Flight Commander, MT
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on August 8, 1949.
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