Name and Rank, First Lieutenant Donald Leo Ahlwardt.
Unit/placed in, 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group (Heavy).
Donald was born on May 4, 1923 in Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa.
Father, Lewis Ahlwardt.
Mother, Maggie Ahlwardt.
Sisters, Betty L., Evalyn, Luella and Gladys Ahlwardt.
Brother, Lewis Ahlwardt Jr.
Donald entered the service from Ft. Des Moines, Iowa in Dec. 21, 1941 with service number # 1703335.
Donald L. Ahlwardt rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot (B-17) in the331st Bomber Squadron .
Donald’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-17 were;
1st Lt. Donald L. Ahlwardt Pilot
2nd Lt. Raymond S. Weck Co Pilot
F/O. Allen C. Carter Bombardier
2nd Lt. Frank M. Foster Navigator
T/Sgt. William F. Westphal Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Paul A. Lampman Jr. Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Walter E. Millican Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Ralph Allen Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Ellick Franken Left Waist Gunner
Sgt. Robert R. McConnell Tail Gunner
Donald L. Ahlwardt was MIA due to a midair Collision (Germany) on the way back from a mission, on Mar. 3, 1944, and he is honored with a Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
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Donald is mentioned/buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Tablets Of The Missing.
He has two Memorial Graves at Liston Township Cemetery, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA and
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA.
Thanks to https://8thafhs.org/bomber/94bg.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
