World War II Honoree

Bernard L. Foley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lexington, Kentucky

Honored By

John G. Foley

Relationship

Brother

FIRST LIEUTENANT. BASED IN NEW GUINEA; SERVED WITH 498TH BOMB SQUADRON, 345TH BOMB GROUP. PILOTED A MITCHELL B-25 (#41-30040) BOMBER. ON HIS 47TH MISSION, AS PART OF A FORMATION BOMBING AND STRAFING DAGUA AIRFIELD, HE AND HIS CREW WERE REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION ON MARCH 29, 1944. DECLARED DEAD JANUARY 27, 1946. HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART. MEMORIALIZED ON THE TABLETS OF THE MISSING AT THE AMERICAN CEMETERY, FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. He was also awarded the United States Aviator Badge, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.