Walter Paul Bernard Garbisch
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st PFF Sqn(Prov), 9AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters leading 397BG to Ahrweiler, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44 MACR 15984.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32028640 / O-1575734
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 6909359
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13091183 / O-695287
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 31128495
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Arm/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13006879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rochester, Minnesota | 11 March 1921 | Son of George Edward and Eva Louise [Erdmann] Garbisch. |
Rochester, Minnesota | 1 June 1941 | 310 1st Avenue | |
Died Killed in action |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Shot down by fighters leading 397BG to Ahrweiler, Germany. KIA. 23-Dec-44 MACR 15984. |
Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery | 20 September 1949 | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA |
Enlisted |
Minnesota, USA | Minnesota | |
Based |
Andrews Field | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 1st PFF Sqn(Prov), 9AF USAAF. |
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