Timeline
1939 - 1945World War II
Conflict Period
World War II
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Service Number
35151578
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Regiment
392nd Bomber Squadron, 30th Bomber Group, Heavy
Served For
United States of America
Fact
Assistant Engineer/Gunner
Branch
Army Air Forces
Gold Star
Theater
Central Pacific
Casualty- Dec 20, 1943
Shot down by Antiaircraft
Taroa Atoll
MACRs #1314 & #1896
Death- Dec 20, 1943
Death
20-Dec-43
Burial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Indiana
Full Name
Vernon C Hobbs