Boone Joseph Howard

Name:

Joseph Howard Boone

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

35469236

Unit:

885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)

Date of Death:

1944-09-12

State:

Kentucky

Cemetery:

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Plot:

Section E

Row:

Grave:

Site 60-61

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Joseph Howard Boone was born on January 7, 1921, in Danville, Kentucky. He was the son of Jesse Fabian Boone and Frances Irene Howard Boone.

Joseph resided in Kenton County, Kentucky, prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on August 18, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a typist and also as a single, without dependents.

At the time of his death, Joseph was serving in the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on the B-24G #42-78243 "Dallas Lady." On September 12, 1944, his crew took off at 8:08 PM from Maison-Blanche (Algeria) on a mission to drop containers and packs to the underground of Allessandria's sector (northeast of Piemont, north Italy). Around 23:00, due to bad weather and a navigation error, their aircraft hit the mountain wall and crashed at the peak of Corne de Bouc mountains in Fontan, France. All men aboard were killed in the crash.

Their bodies were initially buried in Fontan town cemetery, then moved to a temporary cemetery in Luynes, and finally in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Kentucky, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net