Kenneth served as a Staff Sergeant & Ball Turret Gunner on B-24H (#41-29292), 705th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 9, 1942 at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Kenneth was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed South East of Fuhrberg-Hanover, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 10, 1950. Airmen from two different B-24 are interred here together. It is unknown why they are interred in the same plot.
Service # 15338702
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29292):
Baxa, Leonard J, 2nd Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Carr, Jay G, 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Missouri
Casey, James E., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Mississippi
Grant, Glenn O ~ T/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Georgia
Hahnert, Calvin G ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
May, Kenneth R., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Merriman, James A., 1st Lt, Pilot, Nebraska
Micken, Robert B ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Morrissey, Pearce J, T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Hampshire
Myers, Robert L., S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Pennsylvania
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-100231):
Capps, Milton L. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, South Carolina
Civitarese, William P. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
Helfer, Clifton C. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Michigan
Hood, Alva W., T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Idaho
Mars, Antigon O. M. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator
Neamon, Leon ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robblee, Loring J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Roeder, Irvin C. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
Wilkins, Glen O. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Worsham, Edgar A., Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Maryland
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Wayne County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 9, 1942 at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Kenneth was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed South East of Fuhrberg-Hanover, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 10, 1950. Airmen from two different B-24 are interred here together. It is unknown why they are interred in the same plot.
Service # 15338702
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29292):
Baxa, Leonard J, 2nd Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Carr, Jay G, 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Missouri
Casey, James E., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Mississippi
Grant, Glenn O ~ T/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Georgia
Hahnert, Calvin G ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
May, Kenneth R., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Merriman, James A., 1st Lt, Pilot, Nebraska
Micken, Robert B ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Morrissey, Pearce J, T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Hampshire
Myers, Robert L., S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Pennsylvania
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-100231):
Capps, Milton L. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, South Carolina
Civitarese, William P. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
Helfer, Clifton C. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Michigan
Hood, Alva W., T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Idaho
Mars, Antigon O. M. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator
Neamon, Leon ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robblee, Loring J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Roeder, Irvin C. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
Wilkins, Glen O. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Worsham, Edgar A., Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Maryland
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Kenneth served as a Staff Sergeant & Ball Turret Gunner on B-24H (#41-29292), 705th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 9, 1942 at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Kenneth was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed South East of Fuhrberg-Hanover, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 10, 1950. Airmen from two different B-24 are interred here together. It is unknown why they are interred in the same plot.
Service # 15338702
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29292):
Baxa, Leonard J, 2nd Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Carr, Jay G, 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Missouri
Casey, James E., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Mississippi
Grant, Glenn O ~ T/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Georgia
Hahnert, Calvin G ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
May, Kenneth R., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Merriman, James A., 1st Lt, Pilot, Nebraska
Micken, Robert B ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Morrissey, Pearce J, T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Hampshire
Myers, Robert L., S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Pennsylvania
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-100231):
Capps, Milton L. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, South Carolina
Civitarese, William P. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
Helfer, Clifton C. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Michigan
Hood, Alva W., T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Idaho
Mars, Antigon O. M. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator
Neamon, Leon ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robblee, Loring J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Roeder, Irvin C. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
Wilkins, Glen O. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Worsham, Edgar A., Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Maryland
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
He resided in Wayne County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 9, 1942 at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Kenneth was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed South East of Fuhrberg-Hanover, Germany during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on April 10, 1950. Airmen from two different B-24 are interred here together. It is unknown why they are interred in the same plot.
Service # 15338702
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29292):
Baxa, Leonard J, 2nd Lt, Navigator, Illinois
Carr, Jay G, 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Missouri
Casey, James E., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Mississippi
Grant, Glenn O ~ T/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Georgia
Hahnert, Calvin G ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
May, Kenneth R., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Indiana
Merriman, James A., 1st Lt, Pilot, Nebraska
Micken, Robert B ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Pennsylvania
Morrissey, Pearce J, T/Sgt, Radio Operator, New Hampshire
Myers, Robert L., S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Pennsylvania
Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-100231):
Capps, Milton L. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, South Carolina
Civitarese, William P. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Massachusetts
Helfer, Clifton C. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Michigan
Hood, Alva W., T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Idaho
Mars, Antigon O. M. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator
Neamon, Leon ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, New York
Robblee, Loring J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Massachusetts
Roeder, Irvin C. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Indiana
Wilkins, Glen O. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Worsham, Edgar A., Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Maryland
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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