William served as a Staff Sergeant & Photographer/Gunner on B-26C (#42-107711), 441st Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Doniphan County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-26 crashed into the side of Monte Azza in Italy shortly after takeoff during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37144794.
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Airmen who perished on B-26C (#42-107711):
Barron, William C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer/Gunner, Louisiana
Bouchard, Wallace M ~ Capt, Observer, Maine
Bratton, Charles T ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Kentucky
Mitchell, Rolland L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
Summers, Harmon R ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier, California
Thannhauser, Heinz H ~, S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Louisiana
Trunk, Paul E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Winters, William M ~ S/Sgt, Photographer/Gunner, Kansas
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
William served as a Staff Sergeant & Photographer/Gunner on B-26C (#42-107711), 441st Bomber Squadron, 320th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Doniphan County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-26 crashed into the side of Monte Azza in Italy shortly after takeoff during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 37144794.
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Airmen who perished on B-26C (#42-107711):
Barron, William C ~ T/Sgt, Engineer/Gunner, Louisiana
Bouchard, Wallace M ~ Capt, Observer, Maine
Bratton, Charles T ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, Kentucky
Mitchell, Rolland L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
Summers, Harmon R ~ S/Sgt, Bombardier, California
Thannhauser, Heinz H ~, S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Louisiana
Trunk, Paul E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Winters, William M ~ S/Sgt, Photographer/Gunner, Kansas
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Inscription
SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on March 18, 1949.
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