World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
525th Bomb Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
379th Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
8th 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:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
Was on the B-17 42-29830 "Peter Wabbit" that Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 1350
Biography:
born Little Fork, Minn 1 Jul 21; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 12 Aug 42; served European African Middle Eastern
Theater; KIA 17 Aug 43 Stromberg, Germany; buried in Lot 4, Block 136, Grave 4, Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak.
Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart