Name:
Paul Kret
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32788398
Unit:
562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-11
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Paul Kret entered the military service in New York. He served in the 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and waist gunner of #42-32003 "Shoo Shoo Baby" aircraft during World War II. He was declared "Missing in Action" on April 11, 1944 and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. SSgt Kret was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.