Henry Justus D., Jr.

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Justus D., Jr. Henry is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

356th Fighter Group Monument

Name:

Justus D., Jr. Henry

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-793928

Unit:

359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-03-08

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Justus D. Henry, Jr. was born on January 26, 1919, in Trevose, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Justus D. Henry and Azalea L Gehringer Henry.

Justus served in the 359th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant and Fighter Pilot during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 8, 1944, while piloting his P-47 #42-8467. He failed to pull out of a dive on a strafing run on Achmer airfield in Germany.

1Lt Henry's body was never found. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com