Adolfae, Herman Joseph

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.

Spouse, Helen L. Adolfae.

Hermans entered the service from Missouri with service number # O-887746.

Herman rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot in the 313th Squadron, 31^st Air Transport Group.

Herman J. Adolfae was Killed in Action presumed to have been shot down by AA near Dunkirk, France on Oct. 24, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Herman is mentioned/buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Tablets of the Missing

Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transport_Command

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