Killed in action while serving as a Gunner with the Eight Air Force near Schleswig, Germany, May 19, 1943. The Naval installations at Kiel were the target when His plane was shot down. Seven crew members were killed and three were taken prisoners of war. He had flown nine missions and was credited with four to five enemy planes when the crew made its final run over Kiel. The seven from the wreckage of the bomber were buried at Schleswig and later moved to Belgium after the war ended. His body was later shipped to New York and on to Ballinger for burial. Service No. (ASN): 20804886
"Thanksgiving morning (1944) saw Bruce field cadets drawn up to parade in honor of a fellow member of the air forces who has given his life for the cause to which they too are dedicated. The ceremony was held for T/Sgt. Wagner Byler, of Ballinger, who met death at his post as turret gunner on a Flying Fortress in a raid over Kiel, Germany. Major Landon E. McConnell, commanding officer of Bruce field, presented three posthumous awards, along with a citation from Gen. H.H. Arnold to Mrs. Hamp Byler, mother of the youth. The awards consisted of the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart."
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"Thanksgiving morning (1944) saw Bruce field cadets drawn up to parade in honor of a fellow member of the air forces who has given his life for the cause to which they too are dedicated. The ceremony was held for T/Sgt. Wagner Byler, of Ballinger, who met death at his post as turret gunner on a Flying Fortress in a raid over Kiel, Germany. Major Landon E. McConnell, commanding officer of Bruce field, presented three posthumous awards, along with a citation from Gen. H.H. Arnold to Mrs. Hamp Byler, mother of the youth. The awards consisted of the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart."
(Picture to the right.)
Killed in action while serving as a Gunner with the Eight Air Force near Schleswig, Germany, May 19, 1943. The Naval installations at Kiel were the target when His plane was shot down. Seven crew members were killed and three were taken prisoners of war. He had flown nine missions and was credited with four to five enemy planes when the crew made its final run over Kiel. The seven from the wreckage of the bomber were buried at Schleswig and later moved to Belgium after the war ended. His body was later shipped to New York and on to Ballinger for burial. Service No. (ASN): 20804886
"Thanksgiving morning (1944) saw Bruce field cadets drawn up to parade in honor of a fellow member of the air forces who has given his life for the cause to which they too are dedicated. The ceremony was held for T/Sgt. Wagner Byler, of Ballinger, who met death at his post as turret gunner on a Flying Fortress in a raid over Kiel, Germany. Major Landon E. McConnell, commanding officer of Bruce field, presented three posthumous awards, along with a citation from Gen. H.H. Arnold to Mrs. Hamp Byler, mother of the youth. The awards consisted of the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart."
(Picture to the right.)
"Thanksgiving morning (1944) saw Bruce field cadets drawn up to parade in honor of a fellow member of the air forces who has given his life for the cause to which they too are dedicated. The ceremony was held for T/Sgt. Wagner Byler, of Ballinger, who met death at his post as turret gunner on a Flying Fortress in a raid over Kiel, Germany. Major Landon E. McConnell, commanding officer of Bruce field, presented three posthumous awards, along with a citation from Gen. H.H. Arnold to Mrs. Hamp Byler, mother of the youth. The awards consisted of the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart."
(Picture to the right.)
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