Sergeant, 744th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.
Killed In Action when B-24H Liberator #44-40623 ditched in the Adriatic Sea after being recalled from a mission to bombard the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria, due to bad weather.
All ten crewmembers aboard were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 9674.
The personnel missing were:
1LT Ralph A Klobuchar, O-705082, MI, Pilot
2LT Thomas E Archer, O-824349, PA
2LT Frank N Daur Jr, O-776882, NY
2LT Ralph W Long, O2061008, OH
SGT Ira W Armstrong, 37531928, MO
SGT Ralph N Bassett, 36871276, MI
SGT James C Harper, 39013227, CA
SGT Donald C Kaspar, 37482606, NE
SGT John R Usry Jr, 14136767, GA
SGT Norman C Wassell, 36889783, MI
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World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: b. March 27, 1925, Ferndale, Michigan; res: 9542 Rutherford, Detroit, Mich; occupation: student at Mackenzie H.S.; friend: Pat Sullivan, 14401 Wahrman Rd., Romulus, Michigan
All U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975: lost over the Adriatic
Sergeant, 744th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.
Killed In Action when B-24H Liberator #44-40623 ditched in the Adriatic Sea after being recalled from a mission to bombard the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria, due to bad weather.
All ten crewmembers aboard were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 9674.
The personnel missing were:
1LT Ralph A Klobuchar, O-705082, MI, Pilot
2LT Thomas E Archer, O-824349, PA
2LT Frank N Daur Jr, O-776882, NY
2LT Ralph W Long, O2061008, OH
SGT Ira W Armstrong, 37531928, MO
SGT Ralph N Bassett, 36871276, MI
SGT James C Harper, 39013227, CA
SGT Donald C Kaspar, 37482606, NE
SGT John R Usry Jr, 14136767, GA
SGT Norman C Wassell, 36889783, MI
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World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: b. March 27, 1925, Ferndale, Michigan; res: 9542 Rutherford, Detroit, Mich; occupation: student at Mackenzie H.S.; friend: Pat Sullivan, 14401 Wahrman Rd., Romulus, Michigan
All U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975: lost over the Adriatic
Inscription
SGT 744 BOMB SQ 456 BOMB GP (H) MICHIGAN
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Michigan.
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