Baron Steuben Walden Jr

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 640th Bomb Squadron, 409th Bomb Group.

409th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-9903

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 409th Bomb Group 643rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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