Name:
Jesse D. "JD" Ward Jr.
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
0-694985
Unit:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Dixie Baptist Church Cemetery, Dixie, Georgia
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Jesse D. Ward Jr., bombardier 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.