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416th Bombardment Group (L)

668th Bombardment Squadron (L)

In Memoriam

 

 

WWII-Medal

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Marching On        Missing Man


668th Bomb Squadron Personnel
Killed In Action, Killed in Training or Died in the Line of Duty
during their WWII Military Service


Oct 18, 1943 - 2Lt. John Wallace White - Pilot - KIT

Oct 18, 1943 - Cpl. David Scheer Eckert - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIT

May 9, 1944 - Capt. William ("Bat") Battersby - Pilot - DLD

May 9, 1944 - Pfc. Charles W. Coleman - Parachute Rigger and Repairman - DLD

May 20, 1944 - 1Lt. Blair Hodgson Bradford - Pilot - KIA

May 20, 1944 - 1Lt. Michael Edward Kleopfel Jr. - Pilot - KIA

Jun 29, 1944 - F/O. Bruce Edward Baxter - Pilot - KIA

Jun 29, 1944 - Sgt. Reed Ludvig Ernstrom - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Jun 30, 1944 - 1Lt. Scott Brewer Ritchie Jr. - Pilot - KIT

Jun 30, 1944 - S/Sgt. Edwin A. Anderson - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIT

Jun 30, 1944 - S/Sgt. Harold W. Smith - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIT

Jul 8, 1944 - S/Sgt. William H. Coe - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - DLD

Jul 18, 1944 - 1Lt. Raymond Kyle Cruze - Pilot - KIA

Jul 18, 1944 - Sgt. Frank Edward ("Bill") Cherry - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Nov 10, 1944 - 2Lt. Richard Clare Miles - Pilot - KIT

Nov 10, 1944 - 2Lt. William George ("Bob") Kelley - Bombardier/Navigator - KIT

Nov 10, 1944 - Cpl. Terrance Francis Morrissy - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIT

Nov 10, 1944 - Cpl. Samuel A. Pepe - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIT

Dec 25, 1944 - Capt. Richard Victor ("Dick") Miracle - Pilot - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - 1Lt. Jack J. Burg - Bombardier/Navigator - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - S/Sgt. Arthur F. Galloway - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - S/Sgt. John R. Simmonds - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - 1Lt. Robert Ross ("Swede") Svenson - Pilot - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - S/Sgt. Philip G. Fild - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - Capt. Richard Burr ("Rick or Hawkshaw") Prentiss - Pilot - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - 1Lt. Francis Harold ("Lover") Bursiel - Bombardier/Navigator - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - S/Sgt. Daniel Miller Brown - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Dec 25, 1944 - Sgt. Alvin Orr Wylie - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Feb 14, 1945 - 2Lt. Lawrence A. Eckard - Bombardier/Navigator - KIA

Mar 18, 1945 - 1Lt. James Patrick ("Jimmy") Kenny - Pilot - KIA

Mar 18, 1945 - Sgt. John J. Griffith Jr. - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIA

Mar 21, 1945 - Capt. Charles Jay Andersen Jr. - Pilot - KIA

Mar 21, 1945 - 2Lt. Westmoreland NMI Babbage - Bombardier/Navigator - KIA

Mar 21, 1945 - 2Lt. Leo J. Roman - Bombardier/Navigator - KIA

Mar 21, 1945 - S/Sgt. Stanley L. Heitell - Airplane Armorer - Gunner - KIA

Mar 28, 1945 - F/O. Harry Gerhard ("Uncle Gunkel") Gunkel - Pilot - KIA

Mar 28, 1945 - Sgt. LeRoy J. Grzona - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner - KIA



See also:

668th Bomb Squadron
History
Operations
Personnel
Missing/POW
Non-fatal Injuries


All 416th Bomb Group WWII Military Service
Fatalities
Missing/POW
Non-fatal Injuries



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