Wallace H. Durbin
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 29-Dec-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-51760):
Allison, Norman W ~ Corp, Gunner, Ohio ~ (MIA)
Durbin, Wallace H ~ Corp, Gunner, Kansas ~ (MIA)
Hill, Gerold G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Arkansas ~ (KIA)
Kelly, Joseph A ~ Corp, Engineer/Gunner, New York ~ (KIA)
Matveia, Donald E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Michigan ~ (MIA)
Rogers, William L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Texas ~ (KIA)
Taylor, Clayton R ~ Corp, Gunner, Maine ~ (MIA)
Young, Frank H ~ Corp, Gunner, New York ~ (MIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 29-Dec-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-51760):
Allison, Norman W ~ Corp, Gunner, Ohio ~ (MIA)
Durbin, Wallace H ~ Corp, Gunner, Kansas ~ (MIA)
Hill, Gerold G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Arkansas ~ (KIA)
Kelly, Joseph A ~ Corp, Engineer/Gunner, New York ~ (KIA)
Matveia, Donald E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Michigan ~ (MIA)
Rogers, William L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Texas ~ (KIA)
Taylor, Clayton R ~ Corp, Gunner, Maine ~ (MIA)
Young, Frank H ~ Corp, Gunner, New York ~ (MIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Wallace H. Durbin
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 29-Dec-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-51760):
Allison, Norman W ~ Corp, Gunner, Ohio ~ (MIA)
Durbin, Wallace H ~ Corp, Gunner, Kansas ~ (MIA)
Hill, Gerold G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Arkansas ~ (KIA)
Kelly, Joseph A ~ Corp, Engineer/Gunner, New York ~ (KIA)
Matveia, Donald E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Michigan ~ (MIA)
Rogers, William L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Texas ~ (KIA)
Taylor, Clayton R ~ Corp, Gunner, Maine ~ (MIA)
Young, Frank H ~ Corp, Gunner, New York ~ (MIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 29-Dec-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-51760):
Allison, Norman W ~ Corp, Gunner, Ohio ~ (MIA)
Durbin, Wallace H ~ Corp, Gunner, Kansas ~ (MIA)
Hill, Gerold G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Arkansas ~ (KIA)
Kelly, Joseph A ~ Corp, Engineer/Gunner, New York ~ (KIA)
Matveia, Donald E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Michigan ~ (MIA)
Rogers, William L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Texas ~ (KIA)
Taylor, Clayton R ~ Corp, Gunner, Maine ~ (MIA)
Young, Frank H ~ Corp, Gunner, New York ~ (MIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
