May 7, 1945
Frank B Shuler and his wife Mattie, 350 Hancock ave, Hamilton, have been advised of the death March 20 in Germany of their son, Lt Asa William Shuler, 22yr old fighter pilot. He had previously been listed as missing. Lt Shuler entered service in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944, going overseas six months ago. Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Mary and Francis. Also noted was a family servant in 1930 in the home of Frank and Mattie Jennie Ames, Caucasion widow born in 1876. There is a meeting room in the Clark Lane's library that is dedicated to the memory of Lt Asa William Shuler.
Name: Asa W Shuler Birth 23 Sep 1922 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio
Death 18 Mar 1945 in Germany
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Butler
Enlistment Date: 30 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Miami Beach
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
V
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
The 362nd Fighter Group flew 17 eight-plane missions on March 18, 1945. The 377th used rockets and strafing to destroy 10 tanks southeast of Bad Kreuznach, and later knocked out a few more through strafing, but Lt. Asa Shuler was killed when his P-47D-28-RA, “Battlin’ Beanie II,” 42-28848, was shot down by flak. The 378th’s day started with a mission that damaged five tanks, followed by a mission to marshalling yards near Ofalzey and Darmstadt where they destroyed six locomotives. Major Richard Cline led the next mission, which caught eight buses, six half-tracks and four trucks before working over the town of Essenheim. The final mission for the 377th knocked out 24 trucks, plus two dug-in armored vehicles and a tank.
Asa “Bill” William Shuler, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH) 9/23/1922 - 3/18/1945, 3/24/1945 (Germany), WWII, P47-Pilot; never married, no children; reburied in 1948, Greenwood Cemetery, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH)
Frank B Shuler and his wife Mattie, 350 Hancock ave, Hamilton, have been advised of the death March 20 in Germany of their son, Lt Asa William Shuler, 22yr old fighter pilot. He had previously been listed as missing. Lt Shuler entered service in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944, going overseas six months ago. Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Mary and Francis. Also noted was a family servant in 1930 in the home of Frank and Mattie Jennie Ames, Caucasion widow born in 1876. There is a meeting room in the Clark Lane's library that is dedicated to the memory of Lt Asa William Shuler.
Name: Asa W Shuler Birth 23 Sep 1922 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio
Death 18 Mar 1945 in Germany
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Butler
Enlistment Date: 30 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Miami Beach
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
V
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
The 362nd Fighter Group flew 17 eight-plane missions on March 18, 1945. The 377th used rockets and strafing to destroy 10 tanks southeast of Bad Kreuznach, and later knocked out a few more through strafing, but Lt. Asa Shuler was killed when his P-47D-28-RA, “Battlin’ Beanie II,” 42-28848, was shot down by flak. The 378th’s day started with a mission that damaged five tanks, followed by a mission to marshalling yards near Ofalzey and Darmstadt where they destroyed six locomotives. Major Richard Cline led the next mission, which caught eight buses, six half-tracks and four trucks before working over the town of Essenheim. The final mission for the 377th knocked out 24 trucks, plus two dug-in armored vehicles and a tank.
Asa “Bill” William Shuler, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH) 9/23/1922 - 3/18/1945, 3/24/1945 (Germany), WWII, P47-Pilot; never married, no children; reburied in 1948, Greenwood Cemetery, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH)
May 7, 1945
Frank B Shuler and his wife Mattie, 350 Hancock ave, Hamilton, have been advised of the death March 20 in Germany of their son, Lt Asa William Shuler, 22yr old fighter pilot. He had previously been listed as missing. Lt Shuler entered service in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944, going overseas six months ago. Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Mary and Francis. Also noted was a family servant in 1930 in the home of Frank and Mattie Jennie Ames, Caucasion widow born in 1876. There is a meeting room in the Clark Lane's library that is dedicated to the memory of Lt Asa William Shuler.
Name: Asa W Shuler Birth 23 Sep 1922 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio
Death 18 Mar 1945 in Germany
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Butler
Enlistment Date: 30 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Miami Beach
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
V
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
The 362nd Fighter Group flew 17 eight-plane missions on March 18, 1945. The 377th used rockets and strafing to destroy 10 tanks southeast of Bad Kreuznach, and later knocked out a few more through strafing, but Lt. Asa Shuler was killed when his P-47D-28-RA, “Battlin’ Beanie II,” 42-28848, was shot down by flak. The 378th’s day started with a mission that damaged five tanks, followed by a mission to marshalling yards near Ofalzey and Darmstadt where they destroyed six locomotives. Major Richard Cline led the next mission, which caught eight buses, six half-tracks and four trucks before working over the town of Essenheim. The final mission for the 377th knocked out 24 trucks, plus two dug-in armored vehicles and a tank.
Asa “Bill” William Shuler, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH) 9/23/1922 - 3/18/1945, 3/24/1945 (Germany), WWII, P47-Pilot; never married, no children; reburied in 1948, Greenwood Cemetery, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH)
Frank B Shuler and his wife Mattie, 350 Hancock ave, Hamilton, have been advised of the death March 20 in Germany of their son, Lt Asa William Shuler, 22yr old fighter pilot. He had previously been listed as missing. Lt Shuler entered service in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944, going overseas six months ago. Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Mary and Francis. Also noted was a family servant in 1930 in the home of Frank and Mattie Jennie Ames, Caucasion widow born in 1876. There is a meeting room in the Clark Lane's library that is dedicated to the memory of Lt Asa William Shuler.
Name: Asa W Shuler Birth 23 Sep 1922 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio
Death 18 Mar 1945 in Germany
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Butler
Enlistment Date: 30 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Miami Beach
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
V
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
The 362nd Fighter Group flew 17 eight-plane missions on March 18, 1945. The 377th used rockets and strafing to destroy 10 tanks southeast of Bad Kreuznach, and later knocked out a few more through strafing, but Lt. Asa Shuler was killed when his P-47D-28-RA, “Battlin’ Beanie II,” 42-28848, was shot down by flak. The 378th’s day started with a mission that damaged five tanks, followed by a mission to marshalling yards near Ofalzey and Darmstadt where they destroyed six locomotives. Major Richard Cline led the next mission, which caught eight buses, six half-tracks and four trucks before working over the town of Essenheim. The final mission for the 377th knocked out 24 trucks, plus two dug-in armored vehicles and a tank.
Asa “Bill” William Shuler, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH) 9/23/1922 - 3/18/1945, 3/24/1945 (Germany), WWII, P47-Pilot; never married, no children; reburied in 1948, Greenwood Cemetery, (Hamilton, Butler Co., OH)
