Name:
William, Jr. Dietel
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-665286
Unit:
384th Bomb Group (Heavy)
Date of Death:
1943-07-28
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery
Plot:
P
Row:
22
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Born on October 24, 1919, in Comfort, Texas, William Dietel Jr. volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He was killed when his B-17F "Flying Fortress," named "Sky Queen," of which he was the pilot, was shot down over Opende in The Netherlands while returning from a mission over Kassel, Germany, where there was an airplane factory. He flew a total of eight combat missions; his last targeted an aircraft engine factory.