Donald E Upchurch

Military

He served from June 1943 to November 1945. He flew one mission as a gunner on a Leipzig raid. He returned to active duty during the Korean War and was then a manpower specialist at the Pentagon, retiring in January 1971. From 1975 -85 he served on the Vienna Town Council and gained degrees from the Universities of San Francisco and Maryland.



AF Commendation Medal

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cartersville, Illinois 16 March 1924

Died

10 November 1992

Buried

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

306th Echoes Jan 1993

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition,

href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105692862">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105692862> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia