Baron Steuben Walden Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 643BS, 409BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) mission to Campagne-lès-Hesdin. Hit by flak over target, headed for base, having crossed the French coast, ordered crew to bale out. Seen to bale out and seen adjusting his dinghy. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12274.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 409th Bomb Group 643rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Hadstock
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Perry County, KY, USA | 18 June 1920 | Son of Baron Steuben and Cora Oaks [Dozier] Walden. |
Enlisted |
Newport Pavilion, 89 Carothers Rd, Newport, KY 41071, USA | 19 February 1942 | Fort Thomas Newport KY, USA |
Died |
English Channel | 2 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) mission to Campagne-lès-Hesdin. Hit by flak over target, headed for base, having crossed the French coast, ordered crew to bale out. Seen to bale out and seen adjusting his dinghy. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12274. |
Kentucky, USA | |||
Based |
Little Walden | 2 June 1944 | Assigned to 643BS, 409BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Buried |
Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA |
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