SSGT Wayne Franklin Dill (1917-1943)

SSGT Wayne Franklin Dill

Birth

31 Mar 1917

Nebraska, USA

Death

22 Feb 1943 (aged 25)

Kasserine, Tunisia

Burial

Dos Palos Cemetery

Dos Palos, Merced County, California, USA Show Map

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Staff Sergeant Dill was a gunner on A-20B
Havoc #41-3140, assigned to the 86th Bomb
Squadron, 47th Bombardment Group, 12th Air
Force in World War II.

They took off from Youks-les-Bains airfield,
Algeria on a bombing mission against the
Kasserine Pass at Thala, Tunisia. The plane
was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and all
three men aboard were killed.

Highest rank
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/job
Aerial Gunner
Awards
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Purple Heart
World War II Victory Medal

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CALIFORNIA
SSGT 47 AAF BOMB GP
WORLD WAR II

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John Henry Dill

Bertha Florence Wilbourn Dill

Clarence Henry Dill

Sylvan Jessie Dill

Melvin Clayton Dill Sr

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Bertha Florence Wilbourn Dill

Clarence Henry Dill

Sylvan Jessie Dill

Melvin Clayton Dill Sr

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