Ens. Earl Otis Krieg
Born: 10 September 1918 – Forest Park, Illinois
Parents: Earl C. Krieg & Elsie L. Felgner-Krieg
Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister
Home:
– 1130 Ferdinand Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1936
– University of Illinois
– Bachelor of Science – Business/Commerce
– Class of 1941
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Elsie Louise Krieg
– registered while he was a student
Enlisted:
– April 1941
Serial Number: O&121381
Training:
– Saint Louis, Missouri
– San Diego Naval Air Station, California
– Miami Naval Air Station, Florida
– Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Texas
– Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida
Missing:
– 19 April 1943
– Krieg’s plane – F4F-4 BuNo. 01996 – went down at 0945 while on routine gunnery practice flight off Maui in the Hawaiian Islands
– A search by NAS Puunene Maui and VF-11 found no trace of plane or pilot
Declared Dead:
– 19 November 1943
– Honolulu Memorial – Courts of the Missing
– National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific – Honolulu, Hawaii
