World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
McLean
Date of Loss:
Recovered:
Remains not recovered
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
B-29 #42-24598
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
869th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
497th Bomber Group, Very Heavy
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
20th Air Force
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Circumstances:
On January 9, 1945, while returning from mission to Musashino Aircraft Factory near Tokyo, came under attack by enemy fighters. The bomber was severely battle damaged, and ditched in the Pacific off the coast of Japan
Biography:
born Max, ND 15 Feb 19; resident McLean County, ND; entered AUS Bismarck, ND 7 Apr 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 10 Jan 46 Asiatic Pacific Theater; remains not recovered; memorialized in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii