Name:
Hershel H. Hudgins
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
35652757
Unit:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-27
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana
Plot:
A
Row:
Grave:
3084-C
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Hershel H. Hudgins, gunner 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.