Krieg, Ensign Earl O.

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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 

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