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WAGONER, Ernest William - Date of
birth
6 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Allen, Miami County, Indiana -
Hometown
Allen, Miami County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35892365 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
20th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 August 1944 - Place of
death
Near Krhov, Czechoslovakia
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 44 | 29 |
Immediate family
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Members
John W. Wagoner (father)
Pearl M. (Coffing) Wagoner (mother)
Thelma J. Wagoner (sister)
John J. Wagoner (brother)
Ida Wagoner (sister)
Claude O. Wagoner (brother)
Sarah E. Wagoner (sister)
Wilma Wagoner (sister)
Madge Wagoner (sister)
Ella Wagoner (sister)
Philip E. Wagoner (brother)
Beatrice Wagoner (sister)
Evelyn L. Wagoner (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-32048 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Queen
Destination: Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the oil refineries
MACR: 8098
More information
Capt George B. Sweeney:This group was heavily attacked by E/A from 1041 to 1100 hours. From 50/70 enemy aircraft took part, coming in aggressively to as close as twenty yards from three to nine o'clock, concentrating on the rear squadron. Because of fighters also attacking other squadrons in group, careful interrogation throughout the returned crews showed that attention was so engrossed, each in meeting their own attackers, that coherent accounts as to specific detail of just how any one or more of the planes in this squadron were lost is unobtainable.
S/Sgt Ernest W. Wagoner is remembered at the Mount Zion Cemetery in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Birth Certificates / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - Seesul
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Janneane Veger