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Ault Kenneth Dale

Name:
Kenneth Dale Ault
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-682275
Unit:
678th Bomber Squadron, 444th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-10-14
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 79
Row:
Grave:
426C-D
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:

Kenneth Dale Ault was born on January 9, 1915 in Nebraska. He was the son of Ashley Oran Ault and Anna Wolff Ault. He resided in Nebraska prior to the war and entered the service in December, 1941. He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on June 3, 1943. Kenneth served as a Second Lieutenant on B29-5-BW Superfortress "Defiant L-assie" #42-6280, 678th Bomber Squadron, 444th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Kenneth was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, while on a bombing mission over Northern China, struck a mountainside near Fuling, China during the war. He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA on November 2, 1949.

Kenneth was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com