Name:
Frank J. Staron
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-698630
Unit:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
D
Row:
8
Grave:
8
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Frank J. Staron, navigator of the B-24 Liberator 42-78092 "Old Gran-Dad's Dream", took off from Gioia del Colle, Italy, on a bombing mission over the Nimes rail station. The plane was hit by flak between the no.3 engine and the fuselage, exploding in mid-air around 1015.