Herbert O Klossner

Herbert O Klossner
Era WWII
Branch U.S. Army Air Force
Rank Second Lieutenant
Military Decorations Purple Heart
Wall E
Wall Side 3
Row 2
Plaque Number 52

451st Bomb Grp., 724th Bombardment Sqdn.

Naples-Foggia-Ploesti-PoValley-Balkins-Germany

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Purple Heart, Navigator, Air Medal w/2 Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation w/1 Cluster, Prisoner of War, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign w/5 Stars, World War II Victory

Herb flew 15 combat missions and was shot down over Austria and imprisoned in Germany's Stalag Luft 1. He walked to freedom after liberation.

15th Air Force

Plaque Wall Map

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