Semple Warren E.

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Warren E. Semple is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

1st and 14th Fighter Group Pilots Memorial

LT Warren Semple Plaque -14th Fighter Group

Name:

Warren E. Semple

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

744772

Unit:

49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-15

State:

Connecticut

Cemetery:

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal (x8), Purple Heart

Comments:

1st Lt Warren E. Semple, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W Semple, graduated from Norwalk High School (CT) and attended the Pace Institute, NY. He enlisted on 21 March 1941. He married Billie J. Goode of Modesto, CA on 20 May 1943 in Yuma, AZ. He served as a fighter pilot with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group and was shot down and killed over Orange, France, during a dogfight while trying to strafe the local German airfield. He flew out of Triolo, Italy with 11 other fighters in the mission. He is also honored on a plaque outside the Norwalk, CT (his home town) city hall, honoring the city's war victims.