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