Name:
John William Ring
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
9th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-11-25
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
D
Row:
0
Grave:
56
Decoration:
Comments:
John William Ring was born on April 2, 1911 in Virginia. He was a gunner on B-24J #42-73064, assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. The plane crashed taking off from Pandaveswar airbase in India on a bombing mission, and all aboard were killed. He is now buried in the Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA.
Staff Sergeant Ring 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.