World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Turner Palmer
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Waynesboro, Georgia
Honored By
Mildred Ann Palmer
Relationship
Wife
B-24 WASTE GUNNER WITH 515TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 376TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. SHOT DOWN OVER VICENZA, ITALY ON DECEMBER 28, 1943. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR IN STALAG XVIIB. LIBERATED BY PATTON'S TROOPS IN MAY OF 1945 AFTER A 280 MILE FORCED MARCH. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART.