World War II
Service # | O-805804 |
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Unit | 765th Bomber Squadron, 461st Bomber Group, Heavy |
Rank | First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces |
Entered Service From | Pennsylvania |
Date of Death | December 17 1944 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Tablets of the Missing
Florence American Cemetery |
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes
Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. Eugene P. Ford were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Florence American Cemetery.