SSGT Claude Melvin Engler Jr.

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SSGT Claude Melvin Engler Jr. Veteran

Birth
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 Jul 1950 (aged 26)
At Sea
Burial
Lime Ridge, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Fountain Lawn
Memorial ID
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☆~♰ Korean War - Killed in Action ♰~☆

Staff Sergeant Engler was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 325th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group. On July 13, 1950, while making a bombing run at Oki-Gunto, Korea, bombs prematurely exploded and the aircraft crashed near Dogo Island, Japan. His remains were recovered. Staff Sergeant Engler was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Claude was the third of four children.
☆~♰ Korean War - Killed in Action ♰~☆

Staff Sergeant Engler was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 325th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group. On July 13, 1950, while making a bombing run at Oki-Gunto, Korea, bombs prematurely exploded and the aircraft crashed near Dogo Island, Japan. His remains were recovered. Staff Sergeant Engler was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Claude was the third of four children.

Inscription

Pennsylvania
S/SGT 92 AF Bomb Group
World War II Korea PH