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Sterngold Kingdon Henry

Name:
Kingdon Henry Sterngold
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-769190
Unit:
375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-11-16
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Kingdon Henry Sterngold was born in 1921 in New York. He resided Nassau County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on December 26, 1941 at Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Retail manager and also as Single, without dependents. Kingdon served as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier on B-24J #44-41451, 375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-24J #44-41451 took off, with a crew of 10 and 1 passenger, from Chengkung, China on a combat sweep over the south China sea. They were last contacted by radio at 0230 hours and reported they were flying near Mengtez, China, over friendly territory. It is unknown what happened to this B-24 however the entire crew was lost on this mission November 16, 1944. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until March 18, 1946. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

2Lt Sterngold 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.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov