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Submitted: 11/14/21 • Approved: 11/14/21 • Last Updated: 11/17/21 • R337860-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army Air Forces
340 Bomb Squadron 97 Bomb Group 15 Army Air Force
World War II
June 21, 1922 - February 17, 1944
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Purple Heart
Killed In Action
Wayne was a waist gunner on a bomber when he came up as Missing In Action over Italy. His name is listed on the Tablets Of The Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy. Source: American Battle Monuments Commission
Contributed on 11/14/21 by bridges1026
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