Name:
Frank Lekas
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
12162757
Unit:
545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-12-01
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery
Plot:
A
Row:
7
Grave:
46
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Frank Lekas was serving as a tail gunner when his B-17F "Flying Fortress," nicknamed "Damn Yankee," was shot down over Jabbeke, Belgium, while returning to England after a bombing run over Solingen, Germany on December 1, 1943.