Bill served as a Corporal on B-24H "Rackem Back" #41-29525, 706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Mineral County, Nevada prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 28, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, with dependents.
Bill was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Bungay, England during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 26, 1948.
Having been born in Texas & enlisting in Nevada, it is currently "unknown" why Arizona is shown on his headstone and that is believed to be a mistake.
Service # 12169883
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-29525:
Ayd, Charles J ~ Corp, Maryland ~ DOW
Blumberg, Harold G ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Boyles, Charles D ~ Corp, Mississippi
Brown, Royal F ~ Corp, Virginia
Buncy, Floyd A ~ Corp, New York
Decker, Bill L ~ Corp, Nevada
Redzek, Joseph T ~ Corp, Pennsylvania
Schneider, Marvin D ~ 2nd Lt, Iowa
Simonian, Peter E ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Military Information: CPL, US ARMY
He resided in Mineral County, Nevada prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 28, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, with dependents.
Bill was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Bungay, England during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 26, 1948.
Having been born in Texas & enlisting in Nevada, it is currently "unknown" why Arizona is shown on his headstone and that is believed to be a mistake.
Service # 12169883
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-29525:
Ayd, Charles J ~ Corp, Maryland ~ DOW
Blumberg, Harold G ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Boyles, Charles D ~ Corp, Mississippi
Brown, Royal F ~ Corp, Virginia
Buncy, Floyd A ~ Corp, New York
Decker, Bill L ~ Corp, Nevada
Redzek, Joseph T ~ Corp, Pennsylvania
Schneider, Marvin D ~ 2nd Lt, Iowa
Simonian, Peter E ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Information: CPL, US ARMY
Bill served as a Corporal on B-24H "Rackem Back" #41-29525, 706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Mineral County, Nevada prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 28, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, with dependents.
Bill was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Bungay, England during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 26, 1948.
Having been born in Texas & enlisting in Nevada, it is currently "unknown" why Arizona is shown on his headstone and that is believed to be a mistake.
Service # 12169883
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-29525:
Ayd, Charles J ~ Corp, Maryland ~ DOW
Blumberg, Harold G ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Boyles, Charles D ~ Corp, Mississippi
Brown, Royal F ~ Corp, Virginia
Buncy, Floyd A ~ Corp, New York
Decker, Bill L ~ Corp, Nevada
Redzek, Joseph T ~ Corp, Pennsylvania
Schneider, Marvin D ~ 2nd Lt, Iowa
Simonian, Peter E ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Information: CPL, US ARMY
He resided in Mineral County, Nevada prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 28, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, with dependents.
Bill was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Bungay, England during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in England and was later repatriated here on August 26, 1948.
Having been born in Texas & enlisting in Nevada, it is currently "unknown" why Arizona is shown on his headstone and that is believed to be a mistake.
Service # 12169883
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #41-29525:
Ayd, Charles J ~ Corp, Maryland ~ DOW
Blumberg, Harold G ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Boyles, Charles D ~ Corp, Mississippi
Brown, Royal F ~ Corp, Virginia
Buncy, Floyd A ~ Corp, New York
Decker, Bill L ~ Corp, Nevada
Redzek, Joseph T ~ Corp, Pennsylvania
Schneider, Marvin D ~ 2nd Lt, Iowa
Simonian, Peter E ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Information: CPL, US ARMY
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