Name:
Leon A. Payne
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
2060355
Unit:
93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1945-03-10
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot:
Section C
Row:
Grave:
Site 447
Decoration:
Comments:
Leon A. Payne was born on February 21, 1921. He was the son of Meta E. Rieck Payne and Ray S. Payne.
He served in the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and navigator of B-29-25-MO Superfortress #42-65310 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 10, 1945, when the aircraft made a navigational error and crashed into Mt. Fubo.