tSgt Bernard B. Fletcher 840 Bomb Squadron from Platt County Nebraska
TECHNICAL SERGEANT BERNARD B. FLETCHERTechnical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher was born December 17, 1923, at Miller, in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and was killed in action on July 15, 1944, when his plane was shot down in Rumania.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fletcher of Columbus, Nebraska, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fletcher of Rockville, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Kaminski of Elba, Nebraska. His paternal grandmother is deceased. He had one brother, S. W. Fletcher of Columbus, and one sister, Mrs. P. R. Krueger of Malin, Oregon.
When Bernard was in the third grade, his parents moved to Columbus. Nebraska, where he finished his grade school and high school work. He graduated from the St. Bonaventure High School with the class of 1941. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a telegraph operator until he joined the United States Army on January 11, 1943.
Bernard B. Fletcher received his training in radio at the Chicago Radio Technical School; in gunnery, at the El Paso, Texas, Gunners School; and his flying instructions and navigation at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. He was overseas in the European Theatre of Operations, where he was stationed with the Fifteenth Air Corps at Foggia, Italy. He received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Air Medal on July 10, 1944. Sergeant Fletcher was killed in a plane crash in Rumania after being shot down over the target which was the Ploesti Oil Fields on July IS, 1944. Interment was made in the United States Military Cemetery at Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Memorial services were held for Technical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher at 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 1944, at St. Bonaventure Church, Columbus, Nebraska, with Reverend John Joseph Brogger, O.F.M., pastor, officiating at the Requiem Mass, and Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion, in charge of the military rite
TECHNICAL SERGEANT BERNARD B. FLETCHERTechnical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher was born December 17, 1923, at Miller, in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and was killed in action on July 15, 1944, when his plane was shot down in Rumania.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fletcher of Columbus, Nebraska, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fletcher of Rockville, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Kaminski of Elba, Nebraska. His paternal grandmother is deceased. He had one brother, S. W. Fletcher of Columbus, and one sister, Mrs. P. R. Krueger of Malin, Oregon.
When Bernard was in the third grade, his parents moved to Columbus. Nebraska, where he finished his grade school and high school work. He graduated from the St. Bonaventure High School with the class of 1941. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a telegraph operator until he joined the United States Army on January 11, 1943.
Bernard B. Fletcher received his training in radio at the Chicago Radio Technical School; in gunnery, at the El Paso, Texas, Gunners School; and his flying instructions and navigation at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. He was overseas in the European Theatre of Operations, where he was stationed with the Fifteenth Air Corps at Foggia, Italy. He received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Air Medal on July 10, 1944. Sergeant Fletcher was killed in a plane crash in Rumania after being shot down over the target which was the Ploesti Oil Fields on July IS, 1944. Interment was made in the United States Military Cemetery at Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Memorial services were held for Technical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher at 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 1944, at St. Bonaventure Church, Columbus, Nebraska, with Reverend John Joseph Brogger, O.F.M., pastor, officiating at the Requiem Mass, and Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion, in charge of the military rite
tSgt Bernard B. Fletcher 840 Bomb Squadron from Platt County Nebraska
TECHNICAL SERGEANT BERNARD B. FLETCHERTechnical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher was born December 17, 1923, at Miller, in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and was killed in action on July 15, 1944, when his plane was shot down in Rumania.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fletcher of Columbus, Nebraska, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fletcher of Rockville, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Kaminski of Elba, Nebraska. His paternal grandmother is deceased. He had one brother, S. W. Fletcher of Columbus, and one sister, Mrs. P. R. Krueger of Malin, Oregon.
When Bernard was in the third grade, his parents moved to Columbus. Nebraska, where he finished his grade school and high school work. He graduated from the St. Bonaventure High School with the class of 1941. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a telegraph operator until he joined the United States Army on January 11, 1943.
Bernard B. Fletcher received his training in radio at the Chicago Radio Technical School; in gunnery, at the El Paso, Texas, Gunners School; and his flying instructions and navigation at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. He was overseas in the European Theatre of Operations, where he was stationed with the Fifteenth Air Corps at Foggia, Italy. He received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Air Medal on July 10, 1944. Sergeant Fletcher was killed in a plane crash in Rumania after being shot down over the target which was the Ploesti Oil Fields on July IS, 1944. Interment was made in the United States Military Cemetery at Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Memorial services were held for Technical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher at 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 1944, at St. Bonaventure Church, Columbus, Nebraska, with Reverend John Joseph Brogger, O.F.M., pastor, officiating at the Requiem Mass, and Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion, in charge of the military rite
TECHNICAL SERGEANT BERNARD B. FLETCHERTechnical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher was born December 17, 1923, at Miller, in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and was killed in action on July 15, 1944, when his plane was shot down in Rumania.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fletcher of Columbus, Nebraska, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fletcher of Rockville, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Kaminski of Elba, Nebraska. His paternal grandmother is deceased. He had one brother, S. W. Fletcher of Columbus, and one sister, Mrs. P. R. Krueger of Malin, Oregon.
When Bernard was in the third grade, his parents moved to Columbus. Nebraska, where he finished his grade school and high school work. He graduated from the St. Bonaventure High School with the class of 1941. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a telegraph operator until he joined the United States Army on January 11, 1943.
Bernard B. Fletcher received his training in radio at the Chicago Radio Technical School; in gunnery, at the El Paso, Texas, Gunners School; and his flying instructions and navigation at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. He was overseas in the European Theatre of Operations, where he was stationed with the Fifteenth Air Corps at Foggia, Italy. He received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and Air Medal on July 10, 1944. Sergeant Fletcher was killed in a plane crash in Rumania after being shot down over the target which was the Ploesti Oil Fields on July IS, 1944. Interment was made in the United States Military Cemetery at Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Memorial services were held for Technical Sergeant Bernard B. Fletcher at 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 1944, at St. Bonaventure Church, Columbus, Nebraska, with Reverend John Joseph Brogger, O.F.M., pastor, officiating at the Requiem Mass, and Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion, in charge of the military rite
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