George served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H #42-95328, 741st Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Du Page County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 22, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
George was originally declared "Missing In Action" in Yugoslavia during the war. His remains were recovered in early 1955 and his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was repatriated here on March 2, 1955.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He also has a "Cenotaph" at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy. For that record " Click Here ".
Service # 16036548
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95328:
Hanssard, Samuel F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
Kilbane, Frank T ~ Pfc, Missouri
Knittle, James L ~ Sgt, Illinois
Linco, George W ~ S/Sgt, Illinois
Lisk, Norman E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Arkansas
Luxenberg, Arnold D ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Sheldon, Stanley R ~ Sgt, New Jersey
Wente, Louis H ~ Sgt, Nebraska
Wilson, Marion A ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
For the rest of the Airmen on this stone see:
Russell, Edmund C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to ShaneO for submitting this record for bio & crew updates!
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Sisters Eleanor Dohrn and Florence Kirby and two brothers, William and Robert, also WWII Air Force Veterans.
He resided in Du Page County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 22, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
George was originally declared "Missing In Action" in Yugoslavia during the war. His remains were recovered in early 1955 and his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was repatriated here on March 2, 1955.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He also has a "Cenotaph" at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy. For that record " Click Here ".
Service # 16036548
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95328:
Hanssard, Samuel F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
Kilbane, Frank T ~ Pfc, Missouri
Knittle, James L ~ Sgt, Illinois
Linco, George W ~ S/Sgt, Illinois
Lisk, Norman E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Arkansas
Luxenberg, Arnold D ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Sheldon, Stanley R ~ Sgt, New Jersey
Wente, Louis H ~ Sgt, Nebraska
Wilson, Marion A ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
For the rest of the Airmen on this stone see:
Russell, Edmund C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to ShaneO for submitting this record for bio & crew updates!
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Sisters Eleanor Dohrn and Florence Kirby and two brothers, William and Robert, also WWII Air Force Veterans.
George served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H #42-95328, 741st Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Du Page County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 22, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
George was originally declared "Missing In Action" in Yugoslavia during the war. His remains were recovered in early 1955 and his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was repatriated here on March 2, 1955.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He also has a "Cenotaph" at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy. For that record " Click Here ".
Service # 16036548
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95328:
Hanssard, Samuel F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
Kilbane, Frank T ~ Pfc, Missouri
Knittle, James L ~ Sgt, Illinois
Linco, George W ~ S/Sgt, Illinois
Lisk, Norman E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Arkansas
Luxenberg, Arnold D ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Sheldon, Stanley R ~ Sgt, New Jersey
Wente, Louis H ~ Sgt, Nebraska
Wilson, Marion A ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
For the rest of the Airmen on this stone see:
Russell, Edmund C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to ShaneO for submitting this record for bio & crew updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sisters Eleanor Dohrn and Florence Kirby and two brothers, William and Robert, also WWII Air Force Veterans.
He resided in Du Page County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 22, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
George was originally declared "Missing In Action" in Yugoslavia during the war. His remains were recovered in early 1955 and his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was repatriated here on March 2, 1955.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He also has a "Cenotaph" at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy. For that record " Click Here ".
Service # 16036548
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95328:
Hanssard, Samuel F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
Kilbane, Frank T ~ Pfc, Missouri
Knittle, James L ~ Sgt, Illinois
Linco, George W ~ S/Sgt, Illinois
Lisk, Norman E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Arkansas
Luxenberg, Arnold D ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Sheldon, Stanley R ~ Sgt, New Jersey
Wente, Louis H ~ Sgt, Nebraska
Wilson, Marion A ~ 2nd Lt, Tennessee
For the rest of the Airmen on this stone see:
Russell, Edmund C ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New York
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to ShaneO for submitting this record for bio & crew updates!
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Sisters Eleanor Dohrn and Florence Kirby and two brothers, William and Robert, also WWII Air Force Veterans.
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