Erwin H. Posner was born in 1921 in Arkansas. He resided in Mercer County, New Jersey prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on July 29, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents. Erwin served as a Staff Sergeant and Assistant Radar Operator on B-24D "Sweepy-Time Gal" #42-40622, 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-24D #42-40622, while on a mission to locate and attack shipping off Hong Kong, they were attacked and damaged by Japanese Zeros and crashed into the Pearl River during the war. Erwin was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

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

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