Jesse D Auton

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media-23987.jpeg UPL 23987 Brigadier General Jesse Auton

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Object Number - UPL 23987 - Brigadier General Jesse Auton

Deployed to ETO with 65th Fighter Wing, 8AF USAAF. 12 combat missions. Killed in a plane crash at Offutt AFB, Omaha, 30-Mar-52, while returning on a flight from California.



Awards: AM, DFC, Bronze Star, Legion de Honour, Legion of Merit (OLC), PH, Croix de Guerre (French), Croix de Guerre (Belgian), EAME, American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal.

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Born

Covington, Kentucky 1 December 1904 Son of Robert Wesley and Julia E [Bagby] Auton. He was raised in Piner, KY. (just a few minutes south of Covington, KY.)

Died

Offutt AFB, NE, USA 30 March 1952 Killed in a plane crash at Offutt AFB, Omaha, 30-Mar-52, while returning on a flight from California.

Buried/ Commemorated

4 July 1952 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 7, Grave: 8188-2

Enlisted

Kentucky, USA

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Contributorwirlaa
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Andrew Auton - great-nephew of Jesse Auton
http://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/

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Contributorapollo11
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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45

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