Herman Joseph was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force, assigned as a Pilot flying a Douglas C-47 Skytrain in the 313th Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group.
Herman was KIA/MIA presumed to have been shot down by AA near Dunkirk, France and crashed in the English Chanel on Oct. 24, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/adolfae-herman-joseph-2/
Photo caption, Tri-City (Washington) Herald Newspaper, May 31-June 6, 2009: "Mike Adolfae of Spokane has his cheek swabbed for a DNA sample Saturday during a POW/MIA family update event Saturday at the Clarion Hotel in Richland. The event was for relatives of American military personnel missing from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. Adolfae's father, 1st Lt. Herman Adolfae, was shot down over Dunkirk, France, in 1944. Until Saturday, Adolfae, who was 4 months old when his father disappeared, knew little about his dad's fate."
Sources: WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Tri-City Herald Newspaper, 2009.
Herman was KIA/MIA presumed to have been shot down by AA near Dunkirk, France and crashed in the English Chanel on Oct. 24, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/adolfae-herman-joseph-2/
Photo caption, Tri-City (Washington) Herald Newspaper, May 31-June 6, 2009: "Mike Adolfae of Spokane has his cheek swabbed for a DNA sample Saturday during a POW/MIA family update event Saturday at the Clarion Hotel in Richland. The event was for relatives of American military personnel missing from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. Adolfae's father, 1st Lt. Herman Adolfae, was shot down over Dunkirk, France, in 1944. Until Saturday, Adolfae, who was 4 months old when his father disappeared, knew little about his dad's fate."
Sources: WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Tri-City Herald Newspaper, 2009.
Herman Joseph was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force, assigned as a Pilot flying a Douglas C-47 Skytrain in the 313th Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group.
Herman was KIA/MIA presumed to have been shot down by AA near Dunkirk, France and crashed in the English Chanel on Oct. 24, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/adolfae-herman-joseph-2/
Photo caption, Tri-City (Washington) Herald Newspaper, May 31-June 6, 2009: "Mike Adolfae of Spokane has his cheek swabbed for a DNA sample Saturday during a POW/MIA family update event Saturday at the Clarion Hotel in Richland. The event was for relatives of American military personnel missing from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. Adolfae's father, 1st Lt. Herman Adolfae, was shot down over Dunkirk, France, in 1944. Until Saturday, Adolfae, who was 4 months old when his father disappeared, knew little about his dad's fate."
Sources: WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Tri-City Herald Newspaper, 2009.
Herman was KIA/MIA presumed to have been shot down by AA near Dunkirk, France and crashed in the English Chanel on Oct. 24, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
https://www.ww2-europe.com/soldaat/adolfae-herman-joseph-2/
Photo caption, Tri-City (Washington) Herald Newspaper, May 31-June 6, 2009: "Mike Adolfae of Spokane has his cheek swabbed for a DNA sample Saturday during a POW/MIA family update event Saturday at the Clarion Hotel in Richland. The event was for relatives of American military personnel missing from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. Adolfae's father, 1st Lt. Herman Adolfae, was shot down over Dunkirk, France, in 1944. Until Saturday, Adolfae, who was 4 months old when his father disappeared, knew little about his dad's fate."
Sources: WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings; U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945; U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946; Tri-City Herald Newspaper, 2009.
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Entered the service from Missouri.
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