World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Max A. Ziegler
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Virginia J. Shoemaker
Relationship
Daughter
B-17 waist gunner in the 99th Bomb Group. Based in North Africa, he flew missions over Italy, Romania and others. He was in the raid of the Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania. Shot down near Ploesti and became a POW.