Rank and Name, Corporal Ferris J. Antone.
Unit/Placed in, 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Ferris is born approx. on 1920 in Missouri.
Mother, Mary Antone.
Brother(s), Dewey Antone.
Ferris enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 17034700.
Ferris ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,
Major Harold Willisie Pilot
Capt. Clyde H. Webb Jr. Co Pilot
1st Lt. Seth A. Ford
2nd Lt. Philip P. Bruce
Corp. Ferris J. Antone
Pvt. Harold W. Davis
Sgt. John Kominicki
Sgt. Carl F. Roberts
Pvt. Raymond B. Weeks
Ferris was KIA on the mission when they were hit by Anti-Aircraft and crashed in the bay on Aug.26, 1942, he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ferris is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/19th_Bombardment_Group.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
