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396th Officers and Enlisted Men Wounded in Action

19 January 1944

 

Wounded in low level attack on Mille Island:

 

Capt.     Cauley, James E.             Co-Pilot

Capt.     McClelland, Walter R.        Gunner

2nd Lt.   Mikulewics, Robert T.        Co-Pilot

2nd Lt.   Patton, Joseph R.            Co-Pilot

S/Sgt.    Beal, Artis                  Engineer

S/Sgt.    Beil, Ross R.                Engineer

S/Sgt     Buckley, Demsey L.           Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Dowd, Patrick                Radio Operator

S/Sgt     Gray, Jewel V.               Engineer

S/Sgt     Moore, Lewis F.              Gunner

Cpl.      Fauth, Donald W.             Radio Operator

Pvt.      Parker, Rex R.               Engineer

 

23 January 1944

 

Wounded in low level attack on Taroa Island:

 

2nd Lt.   Shirley, Everett L.          Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Gillette, William B.         Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Watson, Reid A.              Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Provost, Charles             Co-Pilot

2nd Lt.   Holty, Stanley C.            Pilot

T/Sgt.    Graves, William R. Jr.       Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Cates, Vernon C.             Engineer

S/Sgt.    Kemp, Claude W.              Gunner

S/Sgt.    Drake, James E.              Radio Operator

Sgt.      Broome, Emory N.             Radio Operator

Pvt.      Bedford, Lester J.           Engineer

 

25 January 1944

 

Wounded in low level attack on Taroa Island:

 

2nd Lt.   McDonald, James C.           Pilot

2nd Lt.   Thomas, Ralph W. Jr.         Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Young, Lyndon E.             Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Clay, Ernest J. Jr.          Bomb/Nav

1st Lt.   McMillan, Cavour L.          Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Doyle, Andrew A.             Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Taylor, Harris C.            Pilot

T/Sgt.    Feay, Marc E.                Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Horton, Gordon D.            Engineer

S/Sgt.    Martinovic, Frank M.         Radio Operator

Sgt.      Kochy, Albert W.             Gunner

S/Sgt.    Gill, Brientnall S. Jr.      Radio Operator

 

29 January 1944

 

Wounded by friendly fire from U.S. Navy Hellcats while returning from attack on Wotje Island.:

 

2nd Lt.   Taylor, Harris C.            Pilot

2nd Lt.   Cherrington, Donald C.       Co-Pilot

1st Lt.   Trucker, Donald N.           Pilot

2nd Lt.   Moore, John W.               Pilot

2nd Lt.   Clay, Ernest J. Jr.          Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Doyle, Andrew A.             Bomb/Nav

S/Sgt.    Repp, Conrad M.              Engineer

S/Sgt.    Shields, James H. Jr.        Gunner

S/Sgt.    Reynolds, Robert H.          Gunner

S/Sgt.    Smith, Anthony F.            Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Horton, Gordon D.            Gunner

Sgt.      Martinovic, Frank M.         Radio Operator

Sgt.      Cota, Floyd J.               Gunner

Sgt.      Smith, Robert V.             Engineer

Pvt.      Bedford, Lester J.           Engineer

 

07 February 1944

 

Wounded in low level attack on Wotje Island:

 

2nd Lt.   Kummel, Bernard H.           Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Millard, Archibald G.        Pilot

T/Sgt.    Garrison, Robert L.          Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Newlander, Harold A.         Gunner

 

10 February 1944

 

Wounded in low level attack on Taroa Island:

 

2nd Lt.   Cochran, Louis L.            Pilot

S/Sgt.    Alkire, Gerald R.            Engineer

S/Sgt.    Scott, Donald L.             Gunner

    

15 March 1944

 

Wounded in medium altitude attack on Taroa Island:

 

S/Sgt.    Polvogt, Sigfried D.         Gunner

S/Sgt.    Markowski, Anthony T.        Radio Operator

Sgt.      Parsons, Albert E.           Gunner

Sgt.      Reich, John A.               Gunner

Sgt.      Culpepper, Robert C.         Engineer

 

18 March 1944

 

Wounded in medium altitude attack on Ponape Island:

 

1st Lt.   Beard, Earl S.               Bomb/Nav

 

29 March 1944

 

Wounded in medium altitude attack on Ponape Island:

 

Capt.     Seeman, George M.            Pilot

S/Sgt.    Hodges, Milton J.            Engineer

 

11 June 1944

 

Wounded in action over Nauru Island:

 

Capt.     Feist, Edwin L.              Pilot

1st Lt.   Ferriera, Arthur C.          Bomb/Nav

2nd Lt.   Hawkins, Bert W.             Co-Pilot

T/Sgt.    Feay, Marc E.                Radio Operator

S/Sgt.    Freeman, George J.           Engineer

S/Sgt.    Kochy, Albert W.             Gunner