Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Paul Edward Almand.
Unit/Placed in, 99th Squadron, 29th Transportation Group.
Paul is born approx. 1915 in Georgia.
Father, Grover C. Almand.
Mother, Flora (Sharp) Almand.
Sister, .Louise Almand
Brothers, Charles E. and Zachary T. Almand.
Paul enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # O-494774.
Robert died as a pow at Camp Moulmein and Rangoon Jail Burma on March 31, 1945, he is honored with a POW Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Aviator Badge, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Eastview Cemetery, Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.cbi-history.com/part_ii.html#49
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
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
On May 17, 1946 a C-47B cargo plane took off from Rangoon carrying the remains of Almand and approximately forty other service men who died as prisoners of war. They were to be returned to the United States, however the plane crashed in a storm in India, killing the three man crew as well as the eight passengers from the American Graves Registration Service. The wreckage was discovered by Clayton Kuhles in 2009, and efforts are being made to return the remains to the US.
