Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Edgar H. Armstrong.
Unit/Placed in, 404th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Edgar is born approx. on 1921 in.
Father, Truman H. Armstrong.
Mother, Lena L. (Meade) Armstrong.
Brother(s), Earl E. Armstrong.
Spouse, Betty Armstrong.
Edgar enlisted the service in New York with service number # 324712441.
Edgar ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
2nd Lt. Richard A. Payne Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth D. Nicol Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Ray E. Fernandez Navigator
2nd Lt. Jerry F. Cerny Bombardier
T/Sgt. David W. Cassabaum Engineer/Gunner
T/Sgt. Paul J. Anderson Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Edgar h. Armstrong Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. George W. Meyers Asst. Engineer/Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert A. Manchester Armor Gunner
S/Sgt. John W. O’Brien Aerial Gunner
Sgt. Robert L. Eldredge Radar Operator
Edgar died on a Trainings Flight when they had some mechanical problems and crashed therefor in the sea on Nov. 18, 1943, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edgar is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He is also Mentioned at Memorial To The Missing Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA.
Thanks to,
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
