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Personal info

Full name
KIENBERGER, De Wayne Miron
Date of birth
23 March 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
37308607
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner/Assistant Radio Operator
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 August 1943
Place of death
Brünninghausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 24 14

Immediate family

Members
Claude Kienberger (father)
Elsie (Schneider) Kienberger (mother)
Willard Kienberger (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5077
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Delta Rebel No. 2
Destination: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil installations
MACR: 261

More information

S/Sgt De Wayne M. Kienberger attended college and was employed He was employed at Douglas Aircraft.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 17 September 1942.

The airplane was hit by enemy fighters during their first attack. It crashed in the botanic garden of Brünninghausen. Six crew members bailed out and were taken prisoner, four were killed.

At the time of his death, he had completed four missions.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, Amy Zielkiewicz