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Wong Ernest C.

Name:
Ernest C. Wong
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-754784
Unit:
373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-18
State:
Hawaii
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:

Ernest C. Wong was born in 1919. He resided in Hawaii and was a member of the Hawaii National Guard prior to the war. His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on October 15, 1940, prior to the war. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents. Ernest served as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier on B-24J #42-109966, 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-24J #42-109966 took off on a night mission from Kweilin, China over the the Yangtze River Valley. After takeoff they were not heard from or seen again. The entire crew was lost on June 18, 1944. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 27, 1946. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

2Lt Wong 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 but death date is inscribed as 1944-06-26.

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