Name:
Ralph F. Wheeler
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
12034660
Unit:
760th Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Plot:
B
Row:
33
Grave:
41
Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
On a B-24 Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany when the plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton on 30 Jun 44. The airplane was returning to its base in Italy.