Approximately an hour later they were finally unable to keep the plane in the air and crash landed in a rice paddy northwest of Bassein, Burma. Kellner was taken prisoner by the Japanese and some time later died of his wounds.
He was from Queens County, NY and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Because his body was not recovered, he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing.
Approximately an hour later they were finally unable to keep the plane in the air and crash landed in a rice paddy northwest of Bassein, Burma. Kellner was taken prisoner by the Japanese and some time later died of his wounds.
He was from Queens County, NY and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Because his body was not recovered, he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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