William served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H "Twin Tails" #42-52259, 742nd Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down and crashed in France during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 19028709
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-52259:
Blanco, Adolph J ~ S/Sgt, New York
Eginton, William S ~ S/Sgt, California
Morris, Herbert W ~ FO, Michigan
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down and crashed in France during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 19028709
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-52259:
Blanco, Adolph J ~ S/Sgt, New York
Eginton, William S ~ S/Sgt, California
Morris, Herbert W ~ FO, Michigan
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H "Twin Tails" #42-52259, 742nd Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down and crashed in France during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 19028709
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-52259:
Blanco, Adolph J ~ S/Sgt, New York
Eginton, William S ~ S/Sgt, California
Morris, Herbert W ~ FO, Michigan
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1940, prior to the war, at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was shot down and crashed in France during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # 19028709
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-52259:
Blanco, Adolph J ~ S/Sgt, New York
Eginton, William S ~ S/Sgt, California
Morris, Herbert W ~ FO, Michigan
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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