Name:
Howard E. Sexton
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
37618664
Unit:
762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France
Plot:
D
Row:
44
Grave:
26
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
On a B-24 Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton on 30 Jun 44. The airplane was returning to its base in Italy.