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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ray Arthur Hansen, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

St. Paul, Minnesota

Honored By

Earl M. Hansen

Relationship

Brother

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

NAVIGATOR ON B-17, 447TH BOMB GROUP, 708TH BOMB SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE. COMPLETED 11 MISSIONS. SHOT DOWN ON 12TH MISSION TO MERSEBURG, GERMANY NOVEMBER 25, 1944. SURVIVED BAILOUT, BUT WAS KILLED BY ANGRY CIVILIANS AT MERSEBURG. AFTER THE WAR, BURIED IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY IN MARGRATEN, HOLLAND, AND LATER REBURIED AT FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY, MINNESOTA IN 1947.