Jeong Shew Wing

Military

media-48168.jpeg UPL 48168 SSGT Jeong S. Wing
Gunner
Tonnis Boukamp Crew
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48168 - SSGT Jeong S. Wing Gunner Tonnis Boukamp Crew 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Enlisted with his given name Jeong Shew Wing. Was known as Edwin J. Joe. His grave marker has Edwin J. Joe.

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Canton, China	15 September 1921	also known as Guangzhou
	Houston, Texas	15 February 1942	6902 North Main
Enlisted	San Antonio, Texas	9 October 1942
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Foret Nationale Tournehem, France	20 March 1944	"No Ball" V-Weapons Site
Other Wounded In Action	Beauvais, France	20 May 1944	General Orders No. 85, 24 May 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 669th Bombardment Squadron (L), Jeong S. Wing, 18158622, Staff Sergeant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on 20 May 1944, while serving as Gunner on an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory. Home address: Greenville, Mississippi.
Other Shot Down/Captured	8 miles SW of Bitburg, Germany	29 September 1944	A-20G 43-21961 Moderate to intense flak at the target cost us two planes, both flown by our original crews from the States. ... Lt Tonnis Boukamp's plane was also hit, but in both engines. With both engines on fire, the plane was last seen falling away in a gentle glide, still under control on a southwesterly heading, 8 miles southwest of the target. No chutes were seen. ... Lt Boukamp's gunners were Staff Sergeants Russell J. Colosimo and Jeong S. Wing.
Died	Bakersfield, CA	4 November 2012
Buried	Bakersfield, CA	8 November 2012	Hillcrest Memorial Park Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Other POW	Tychowo, Poland		Stalag Luft IV

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