Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Joseph C. Aylward.
Unit/Placed in, 531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Joseph is born approx. on no record.
Joseph enlisted the service in Iowa with service number # 37113270.
Joseph ‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-24 were,
Captain Paul G. Smith Pilot
1st Lt. Theron R. Dreier Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Clarence V. Hartman
2nd Lt. John H. Larson
2nd Lt. Ronald L. Arton
M/Sgt. Gary D. Delp
T/Sgt. Bernard L. Wright
T/Sgt. Joseph C. Aylward
Pvt. Thomas E. Falltrick
Pvt. Earl C. Kildruff
Joseph was KIA no record on 11 June 1943, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Joseph is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/42-40527.html
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/380th_Bombardment_Group.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
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
