David Starr Koubeck
Era | WWII |
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Branch | U.S. Army Air Force |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Military Decorations | Purple Heart |
Wall | F |
Wall Side | 1 |
Row | 3 |
Plaque Number | 43 |
MEDALS: Purple Heart, Prisoner of War, Air Medal w/2 OLC, Good Conduct, American Theater, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign w/2 Bronze Stars, World War II Victory.
A B-17 Armorer-Tail Gunner in the 8th Air Force. On his nineteenth mission his plane was shot down over Kyllburg, Germany. He was wounded, parachuted, was captured, prisoner for 4 months.