Walrod Oscar

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Oscar Walrod is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17G 'I'll Get By' (42-102700) Crash Marker -95th Bomber Group

Name:

Oscar Walrod

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

19004514

Unit:

412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-08-02

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Correctionville Cemetery, Iowa

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Gunner's Wings-European Theatre, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Goo

Comments:

Born 19 November 1918. Spouse of Dorothy R. Walrod of Axtell, Kansas.

Flight Engineer of the B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By," which took off from Station 119 in Horham, Suffolk, UK on 2 August 1944.� Hit by flak and exploded in mid-air at 1754h near Lisieux, France. Three crewmen survived the event and were taken prisoner, and seven were killed.