Name and Rank, First Lieutenant Herman Joseph Adolfae.
Unit/placed, 313th Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group.
Herman was born on May 11, 1911 in Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Father, Herman J. Adolfae.
Stepfather, George H. Holzbauer.
Mother, Jennie E. (Smith) Adolfae.
Sister, Alice E. Adolfae.
Halfsister, Isabelle, Opal E. and Juanita R. Holzbauer.
Halfbrother, George H. Holzbauer.
Herman entered the Service from Missouri with service number # O-887746.
Herman J. Adolfae rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot in the 313th Squadron.
Herman‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C-47 were,
1st Lt. Herman J. Adolfae Pilot
1st Lt. Glenn E. Goodwin Co Pilot
Sgt. Leroy W. Holliday Engineer
Sgt. Floyd R. Myers Asst. Engineer
Herman was Killed in Action during the mission the plane was shot down over Dunkirk, France, on Oct. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European, African Middle-Eastern Campaign medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Herman J. Adolfae is mentioned/buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transport_Command
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
