Folger, John Malcolm

Name and Rank, 1^e Lieutenant John Malcolm Folger.

Unit/placed in, 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.

John was born approx. on 23 Feb. 1922 in Indiana.

Father, Kenneth Folger.

Mother, Claudia M. (Coryell) Folger.

Brother(s), Kenneth Folger.

Spouse, Elizabeth C. (Bufka) Folger.

John enlisted the service at Wisconsin with service number O-758787.

John was KIA on the Mission when he was attack by ME-109 and crashed in Belgium Aug 6, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Thanks to, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/

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

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org