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Personal info

Full name
KOUNS, Lloyd K
Date of birth
19 October 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana
Hometown
Boone County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35090841
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 May 1944
Place of death
Bückwitzer See, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 10 37

Immediate family

Members
Thomas O. Kouns (father)
Hazel G. (Essex) Kouns (mother)
Charles V. Kouns (brother)
Kenneth Kouns (brother)
Vonda M. Kouns (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31941
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Big Stoop
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 5167

More information

T/Sgt Lloyd K. Kouns attended college and was a routeman before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5 February 1943. He enlisted.

The plane was shot down by enemy fighters. Eight crew members were taken prisoner, two were killed.

According to statements in the MACR, Lt Williamson believed both Lt Dennis and Sgt Kouns were killed by German civilians.

T/Sgt Kouns was initally buried at the cemetery of Kampehl on 24 May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 census / 1930 census / 1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.100thbg.com