Staff Sergeant Felix A. Zerangue.
392nd Bomber Squadron, 567th Bomber Group (Heavy).
Felix was born in 1906 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Father, Charles Zerangue.
Mother, Josephine (Roux) Zerangue.
Sister(s), Marie Bernardine, Agnes, Maybelle and Josephine Eva Zerangue.
Brothers, Louis F. Leon, Charles, Oswald and Philip J. Zerangue.
Spouse, Ruth W. Zerangue.
Felix entered the Service from New Orleans, Louisiana in Nov. 11, 1942 with service number # 18151481.
Felix A. Zerangue was a Left Waist Gunner onboard a B-24in the 392nd Bomber Squadron.
Felix‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
1st Lt. Mervyn T. Johns Pilot
2nd Lt. Milton A. Henderson Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Frank A. Silvasy Navigator
2nd Lt. Eugene S. Sriver Bombardier
T/Sgt. Jack M. Indahl Engineer
T/Sgt. Edward J. Gressler Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles L. Kenyon Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Felix A. Zerangue Left Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William Przeniczny Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Ismael V. Sanchez Tail Gunner
Felix was KIA Shot down by Enemy fighters and crashed near Bad Hersfeld, Germany on the return from a Bomb Mission to Gotha, Germany, on Feb. 24, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 3 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.
2 crewmembers were K.I.A and 8 other Crewmembers were taken P.O.W by the Germans.
And he is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
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