Waldron Jr. , Frederick Joseph

Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Second Class Frederick Joseph Waldron Jr.

Unit/Placed in, Bombing Squadron 105 (VB-105), United States Naval Reserve.

Frederick was born approx. on 1920 in Virginia.

Father, Frederick J. Waldron.

Mother, Catherine (Crump) Waldron.

Sisters, Thelma, Carrie, Eleen and Ellice Waldron.

Frederick. entered the service from Virginia with service number # 6580731.

Frederick’s crewmembers onboard the PB4Y were;

Lieutenant R.L. North Captain.

John E. Goodrich

Victor D. Harlingue

Walter F. Brown

Harold L. Counts ,

Frank G. Malounek

Lee R. Meritt

Walter Pawlyk

William W. Pendelton

Frederick J. Waldon Jr.

John R. van Benschoten

Frederick was KIA, on Feb. 26, 1944,when his plane was shot down by a JU-88C on an Anti-Submission in the Bay of Biscay, Spain, and he is honored with the an Air Medal, Purple Heart, , Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

And he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton,

South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Thanks to http://dmm103105110.btck.co.uk/19thGroupCoastalCommand

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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

National Historian