Rank
Class Of
1941
Branch
MIA/KIA
MIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
May 4, 1916
Died
Dec. 10, 1945
Awards
Purple Heart, Air Medal
Buried
Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila Philipines
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Biography
"Louis served as a Captain and Pilot on a B-25 (#unknown), 490th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Deschutes County, Oregon prior to the war.
Louis was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-25, along with 8 other B-25's, were returning from a mission that had completed bombing the Thazi Rail Road junction when the group was attacked by an ME-109 and ten, or more Zeros. They were shot down in this attack.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-397492"