Evins Frontis Wright, Jr.

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Frontis Wright, Jr. Evins is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-52759) Crash Memorial -493rd Bomber Group

Name:

Frontis Wright, Jr. Evins

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

34588971

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1999-12-09

State:

Alabama

Cemetery:

Westminster Gardens, Greensboro, North Carolina

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Born November 24, 1922 in Anniston. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He survived the crash, was captured and sent to Stag Luft 1, a prisoner of war camp.