"Mrs. Abell believes that David Hogan Jr was born in Tift County, GA. and lived in the Brighton district with his parents and six siblings. He was the son of David Hogan Sr and his wife, Mittie, and had siblings, Rebecca, Frances, Elijah, Eugene, Virginia and Betty. He attended Tift County, GA schools and enlisted in the Army Air Force on 1 October 1942 from Illinois.
Lt Dave Hogan's family was notified that he was killed in an airplane accident on December 4, 1951 while stationed on Okinawa. He was also a veteran of World War Two having served for five years as a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force in England where he flew over 35 missions. He was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster twice.
He graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1949 and practiced law in Macon before going back into military service in 1950.
When he died, he was survived by his widow, the former Miss Mary Edwina Nims of Macon, GA, his parents of Chula, GA and three brothers and five sisters. The small town of Chula, in Tift County, renamed a road the "Dave Hogan Road in his honor.
David Hiram Hogan Jr served as a B-17 Bombardier with the 8th Air Force, 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron in England during WWII.
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"Mrs. Abell believes that David Hogan Jr was born in Tift County, GA. and lived in the Brighton district with his parents and six siblings. He was the son of David Hogan Sr and his wife, Mittie, and had siblings, Rebecca, Frances, Elijah, Eugene, Virginia and Betty. He attended Tift County, GA schools and enlisted in the Army Air Force on 1 October 1942 from Illinois.
Lt Dave Hogan's family was notified that he was killed in an airplane accident on December 4, 1951 while stationed on Okinawa. He was also a veteran of World War Two having served for five years as a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force in England where he flew over 35 missions. He was awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster twice.
He graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1949 and practiced law in Macon before going back into military service in 1950.
When he died, he was survived by his widow, the former Miss Mary Edwina Nims of Macon, GA, his parents of Chula, GA and three brothers and five sisters. The small town of Chula, in Tift County, renamed a road the "Dave Hogan Road in his honor.
David Hiram Hogan Jr served as a B-17 Bombardier with the 8th Air Force, 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron in England during WWII.
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7691
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