2nd Lt. George Wendel Kaspar
Born: 27 August 1921
Parents: Wendel & Bertha Kaspar
Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother
Home:
– 538 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Grant White School, Forest Park
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1939
Employed: Castle Steel Company – Chicago
Enlisted:
– 25 August 1942
Serial Number: O&696103
Training:
– San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas
– Ellington Army Airfield, Texas
– Saint Marcos Army Airfield, Texas
Unit: 745th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force
Stationed: Stornara Airfield, Cerignola, Italy
– B-24 Bomber
Engagements:
– D-Day Invasion
– in the air for 20 hours for six straight days
– 24 bombing missions over Europe
Killed in Action:
– 16 June 1944
– plane shot down during 25th mission
– 25th mission was to be his final mission before rest and relaxation
Buried:
– Lorraine American Military Cemetery – Saint Avold, Lorraine, France
– Plot: E Row: 24 Grave: 40
Medals:
– Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters
– Air Medal
– Presidential Unit Citation
