World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Barnes
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
410th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
94th 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
Circumstances:
Ball turret gunner, 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44
Biography:
born Steele County, ND 3 May 23; resident Barnes County, ND; entered US Army Ft Snelling, MN 15 Dec 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 18 Apr 44 Berlin, Germany; buried in Section 79, Grave 113-113A-114, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO.