World War II Honoree

Alfred Wesley Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Temple, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR. SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED AT MOROBE PROVINCE IN NEW GUINEA WITH THE 63RD BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 43RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 5TH AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 1943 WHILE RETURNING FROM AN ARMED RECONAISSANCE MISSION IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. HE AND 8 OTHER CREWMEMBERS DIED IN THE CRASH OF THEIR AIRCRAFT. THE CREW WAS INITIALLY LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION AND AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME WAS PRESUMED DEAD EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15, 1946. OVER 60 YEARS PASSED BEFORE HIS REMAINS WERE RECOVERED AND BURIED AT FORT SILL NATIONAL CEMETERY IN ELGIN, OKLAHOMA. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.