Waldrop, Howard, Judson

Name and Rank, Staff Sergeant Howard J. Waldrop.

Unit/Placed in, 565th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group (Heavy).

Howard was born on 1916 in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Father, Latta William Waldrop.

Mother, Lena Bell (Gardner) Waldrop.

Brothers, Latta Thomas , and William J. Waldrop.

Spouse, Mary Elizabeth (Thornton) Waldrop.

Son, Dan Waldrop.

Howard entered the Service from Ft McClellan, Alabama, in Aug. 24, 1943 with service number # 34814519.

Howard J. Waldrop was a Nose Gunner (B-24H) in the 565th Bomber Squadron .

Howard s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

2nd Lt. Marion A. Hutchens Pilot

2nd Lt. Arthur M. Janis Co Pilot

2nd Lt. Herman Greenspan Bombardier

T/Sgt. Arthur J. Ricci Radio Operator

T/Sgt. Gordon W. Ice Engineer

S/Sgt. Howard J. Waldrop Nose Gunner

S/Sgt. Elmer E. Kay Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. James Purdie Jr. Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Peter P. Miller Tail Gunner

Howard was KIA on a Mission to Wahlen, Germany flew on 1 motor, the plane s shot down by Enemy Fighters and crashed near Aachen, he did not used his chute because of his injury’s on Dec. 25, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

And he is buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz,
Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Thanks to the 398th.org http://www.398th.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GXLW-P65

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com