Person:Vernon Waeldin (1)

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Vernon WAELDIN
b.5 Aug 1914
d.16 Apr 1945 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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m. Oct 1911
  1. Maurice E WAELDIN1912 - 1988
  2. Vernon WAELDIN1914 - 1945
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Name[1][2][3] Vernon WAELDIN
Gender Male
Birth[2] 5 Aug 1914
Residence[1][3][4] From 1920 to 1930 Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, USA
Marriage to Unknown
Military[2][5] 1945 Capt. US Army Air Forces.
Death[2] 16 Apr 1945 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japanin WWII
Burial[2] 30 Aug 1949 Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesSec. 82 Site 23-24

Captain in U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II.

Vernon Waeldin was killed during a low-altitude bombing run over Kawasaki, Japan on April 16, 1945. Vernon Waeldin is noted in the report on the incident, filed by Colonel Carl R Storrie, Commanding Officer of the 29th Bomb Group (20th Air Force Division, 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group), as a passenger on the plane (which had a crew of 11). Vernon Waeldin was a member of the 21st Bomber Command and was participating as an Aerial Observer. It was unclear at the time whether enemy aircraft or anti-aircraft weapons had brought the plane down. Missing Air Crew report at Footnote.com

A later note (May 15, 1945) says the crew has been accounted for (except for one man, unnamed). Notification to Vernon's wife was delivered to 910 4th St., Victorville, California. Vernon Waeldin was buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, in St. Louis, Missouri.S2

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waeldin, Vernon, in Barton, Kansas, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
    Census Place: Hoisington, Barton, Kansas; Roll: 693; Page: 31B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 829.0, 1930.

    Name: Waeldin, Vernon
    Birth: abt 1915, Kansas
    Residence: 721 East Third St., Hoisington, Barton, Kansas
    Employed: janitor
    Other: Parents own home, valued at $3,000. Father is salesman for hardware store.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Waeldin, Vernon E, in National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca. 1800-2004. (Name: Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005;).

    Online publication - National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Waelden, Vernon, in Barton, Kansas, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
    Census Place: Hoisington, Barton, Kansas; Roll: T625_524; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 896., 1920.

    Name: Waelden, Vernon
    Birth: abt 1915, Kansas
    Residence: 721 East Third St, Hoisington, Barton, Kansas.
    Other: Parents owned home, father a salesman for a hardware company.

  4. ↑ Walldin, Vernon, in Barton, Kansas, United States. 1925 Kansas State Census
    Census Place: Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, United States. Roll: KS1925_8 Family: 124 Line: 15 , 1925.

    Name: Walldin, Vernon
    Birth: abt 1915, Kansas
    Residence: 721 East Third St., Hoisington, Barton, Kansas.
    Other: Father owns home, salesman for Lewis Hdware Co. Cousin Peggy Cole, age 5, is also in household.

  5. ↑ 44-69882 , in WWII Missing Air Crew Reports
    16 Apr 1945.

    available from the National Archives and via Footnote.com

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