WRENN, Joseph E, Sergeant, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service# 14034973, Enl: North Carolina, d. 7-Jan-1943
Awarded Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
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Joseph served as a Sergeant on B-17F #41-24383, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Caswell County, North Carolina prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 31, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24383, while returning from a bombing mission in Northern New Guinea, ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Gulf of Papua during the war.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the "Silver Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster" and the Purple Heart.
Service # 14034973
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24383:
Bayles, Joseph R ~ Sgt, MS
Christopher, Guyton M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, GA
Levin, Meyer ~ M/Sgt, Bombardier, NY
Patrizi, David D ~ Sgt, PA
Ramaker, Judson S ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CT
Wrenn, Joseph E ~ Sgt, NC
Bottom bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Awarded Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
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Joseph served as a Sergeant on B-17F #41-24383, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Caswell County, North Carolina prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 31, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24383, while returning from a bombing mission in Northern New Guinea, ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Gulf of Papua during the war.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the "Silver Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster" and the Purple Heart.
Service # 14034973
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24383:
Bayles, Joseph R ~ Sgt, MS
Christopher, Guyton M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, GA
Levin, Meyer ~ M/Sgt, Bombardier, NY
Patrizi, David D ~ Sgt, PA
Ramaker, Judson S ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CT
Wrenn, Joseph E ~ Sgt, NC
Bottom bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
WRENN, Joseph E, Sergeant, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service# 14034973, Enl: North Carolina, d. 7-Jan-1943
Awarded Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
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Joseph served as a Sergeant on B-17F #41-24383, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Caswell County, North Carolina prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 31, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24383, while returning from a bombing mission in Northern New Guinea, ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Gulf of Papua during the war.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the "Silver Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster" and the Purple Heart.
Service # 14034973
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24383:
Bayles, Joseph R ~ Sgt, MS
Christopher, Guyton M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, GA
Levin, Meyer ~ M/Sgt, Bombardier, NY
Patrizi, David D ~ Sgt, PA
Ramaker, Judson S ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CT
Wrenn, Joseph E ~ Sgt, NC
Bottom bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Awarded Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
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Joseph served as a Sergeant on B-17F #41-24383, 64th Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Caswell County, North Carolina prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 31, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #41-24383, while returning from a bombing mission in Northern New Guinea, ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Gulf of Papua during the war.
Joseph was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the "Silver Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster" and the Purple Heart.
Service # 14034973
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24383:
Bayles, Joseph R ~ Sgt, MS
Christopher, Guyton M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, GA
Levin, Meyer ~ M/Sgt, Bombardier, NY
Patrizi, David D ~ Sgt, PA
Ramaker, Judson S ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CT
Wrenn, Joseph E ~ Sgt, NC
Bottom bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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WRENN JOSEPH E - SGT - 64 BOMB SQ 43 BOMB GP (H) - N C
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