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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 Campaign Stars Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: European Theater of Operation. Church: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. School: Northeastern High School, Detroit, Michigan; University of Detroit. Serial #O-833770; entered active service 06/27/1944; completed 18 weeks, College Training Detachment, Rome, Georgia; completed 8 weeks, Pre-flight Pilot Training, Maxwell Field, Alabama; completed 9 weeks, Primary Pilot Training, Douglas, Georgia; completed 9 weeks, Basic Pilot Training, Cochran Field, Macon, Georgia; graduated from Advanced Pilot Training, Moody Field, Valdosta, Georgia; while on active duty, piloted B-25 aircraft and commanded crew in aerial offensive operations; completed 51 combat missions with the 12th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, accruing 168 combat hours and 600 total flight hours; participated in battle campaigns at North Apennines (1944-45) and Po Valley (1945); honorably relieved from active duty on 11/02/1945, Separation Center, Camp Atterbury, Indiana Source of this information Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service; Army Qualification Separation Record; veteran form, discharge papers, and photograph submitted by Andrew J. Kralik