SSGT Henry Theodore “Ted” Ahlin (1910-1944)

SSGT Henry Theodore “Ted” Ahlin

Birth

9 Feb 1910

Gilbert, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA

Death

11 Dec 1944 (aged 34)

At Sea

Burial

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 60 Site 8024 and 8025

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Henry was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces

701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Service ID: 37566950.

Henry entered the service from Minnesota.

(Veteran Service Dates from 06-24-1943 to 12-11-1944.)

Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.

SSgt. Ahlin died in a mid-air collision with another B-24J Liberator as their planes returned to England from a bombing raid over Germany on December 11, 1944

His remains were subsequently found and interred on August 23rd 2001 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Crew of #42-50453:

1st/Lt.Henry C. Lewis Jr. Pilot KIA

1st/Lt. Richard P. Klopfenstein Co Pilot

2nd/Lt. Sherman J. Andrews Navigator KIA

T/Sgt. Lewis M Archer Engineer KIA

T/Sgt. William L. Elliott Radio Op. KIA

S/Sgt. Henry T. Ahlin Gunner KIA

Sgt. SGT William T. Carroll Jr. Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. John J. McGuire . Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. Samuel D Stanfield Jr. Gunner KIA

Henry was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces

701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Service ID: 37566950.

Henry entered the service from Minnesota.

(Veteran Service Dates from 06-24-1943 to 12-11-1944.)

Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.

SSgt. Ahlin died in a mid-air collision with another B-24J Liberator as their planes returned to England from a bombing raid over Germany on December 11, 1944

His remains were subsequently found and interred on August 23rd 2001 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Crew of #42-50453:

1st/Lt.Henry C. Lewis Jr. Pilot KIA

1st/Lt. Richard P. Klopfenstein Co Pilot

2nd/Lt. Sherman J. Andrews Navigator KIA

T/Sgt. Lewis M Archer Engineer KIA

T/Sgt. William L. Elliott Radio Op. KIA

S/Sgt. Henry T. Ahlin Gunner KIA

Sgt. SGT William T. Carroll Jr. Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. John J. McGuire . Gunner KIA

S/Sgt. Samuel D Stanfield Jr. Gunner KIA

Bio by: stevenkh1

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SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Interment date 8-23-2001. SSGT US Army. Veteran Service Dates from 06-24-1943 to 12-11-1944. Information extracted from the National Cemetery Administration's National Gravesite Locator. http://www.cem.va.gov/

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