World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Val Barnson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Utah
Honored By
Frank Toth
Relationship
Fellow Veteran
SERVED AS A GUNNER ON B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS AND AS A MEMBER OF THE 461ST BOMB GROUP OF THE FAMED 15TH AIR FORCE. FROM BASES IN ITALY, HE FLEW ON AT LEAST 17 MISSIONS DURING THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE, UNTIL HE WAS SADLY LOST LATE IN 1944.