World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Virgil Loren Emerson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Nevada, Iowa
Honored By
Loren C. Bates
Relationship
Cousin
COMMANDER OF A B-17 SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE, STATIONED IN ENGLAND. HE WAS FLYING AS PILOT LEADING HIS SQUADRON INTO BATTLE WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL JULY 28, 1943.