2nd Lt. Harold Charles Ham
Born: 10 March 1925 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: Harold E. & Catherine Ham
Hometown:
– 2825 North Seventy-Seventh Avenue – Elmwood Park, Illinois
– his family had lived in Oak Park, Illinois
Education:
– John Mills School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1943
Selective Service Registration: 11 March 1943
Contact Person: Mr. H. E. Ham – father
– registered while still in high school
Inducted:
– 10 March 1944
– U. S. Army Air Corps
Serial Number: O&837812
Training:
– Florida
– Georgia
– Spence Army Airfield – received wings
Unit:
– 336th Base Unit Combat Crew Training Squadron – Instructional Operations
-Flight Instructor
– Randolph Army Airfield, Texas
– Scott Army Airfield, Illinois
– Sarasota Army Airfield, Florida
Engagements:
– Unknown
Died:
– 6 April 1945 – disappeared over the ocean during a storm
– 20 miles from Jacksonville, Florida
– flying a P-51K
– Plane Number: 44-11796
Buried:
– Missing
– remains were never recovered
