Gensler George William, Jr.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

George William, Jr. Gensler

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

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Unit:

315th Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Death:

1945-05-26

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen, Ohio

Plot:

H-79 (SW/N)

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George William Gensler, Jr. was born on July 21, 1923. He was the son of George William Gensler and Marie A. Solms Gensler. He was inducted into the Army Air Corps November 27, 1942. On November 22, 1944, he was sent overseas and served in the China-Burma-India theatre as the first pilot of a C-47 troop carrier until he died on May 26, 1945 as a result of injuries he received when his parachute didn't open as he was bailing out of his crippled plane. He was buried near Kunming, China with four other Americans. His remains were returned to New Bremen on February 8, 1949 and re-interred in German Protestant Cemetery on February 12, 1949.

George 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.

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