Eldon Fenn Irish was born on 25 January 1919 in Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan, USA. He was the son of Earl Ephraim Irish and Esther Rhoda Brown. Eldon Fenn Irish married Julianna Bauer on 27 October 1940 at Jackson County, Missouri, USA. He had 3 siblings: Earl Junior Irish (b. 23 Jul 1917 d. 24 Nov 2001), Edelbert Eugene Irish (b. 21 Dec 1923), Effiel William Irish (b. 15 July 1928).
Eldon Fenn Irish began his military service on 9 March 1943, in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA, Branch: Air Corps, Grade: Private, Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment, Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status). He served as a First Lieutenant in the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was killed on 15 December 1945, after the war had ended. First lieutenant Eldon Fenn Irish Flew into a mountaintop while trying to climb out of dense clouds. Buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France.
Sources:
• Descendants of the Immigrant Roger Billings of Milton Mass website
• "The War We Fought" - 366th Fighter Group Story
Eldon Fenn Irish began his military service on 9 March 1943, in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA, Branch: Air Corps, Grade: Private, Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment, Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status). He served as a First Lieutenant in the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was killed on 15 December 1945, after the war had ended. First lieutenant Eldon Fenn Irish Flew into a mountaintop while trying to climb out of dense clouds. Buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France.
Sources:
• Descendants of the Immigrant Roger Billings of Milton Mass website
• "The War We Fought" - 366th Fighter Group Story
Eldon Fenn Irish was born on 25 January 1919 in Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan, USA. He was the son of Earl Ephraim Irish and Esther Rhoda Brown. Eldon Fenn Irish married Julianna Bauer on 27 October 1940 at Jackson County, Missouri, USA. He had 3 siblings: Earl Junior Irish (b. 23 Jul 1917 d. 24 Nov 2001), Edelbert Eugene Irish (b. 21 Dec 1923), Effiel William Irish (b. 15 July 1928).
Eldon Fenn Irish began his military service on 9 March 1943, in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA, Branch: Air Corps, Grade: Private, Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment, Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status). He served as a First Lieutenant in the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was killed on 15 December 1945, after the war had ended. First lieutenant Eldon Fenn Irish Flew into a mountaintop while trying to climb out of dense clouds. Buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France.
Sources:
• Descendants of the Immigrant Roger Billings of Milton Mass website
• "The War We Fought" - 366th Fighter Group Story
Eldon Fenn Irish began his military service on 9 March 1943, in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA, Branch: Air Corps, Grade: Private, Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment, Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status). He served as a First Lieutenant in the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group and was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He was killed on 15 December 1945, after the war had ended. First lieutenant Eldon Fenn Irish Flew into a mountaintop while trying to climb out of dense clouds. Buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France.
Sources:
• Descendants of the Immigrant Roger Billings of Milton Mass website
• "The War We Fought" - 366th Fighter Group Story
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