World War II Honoree

Jack Kenneth Quint

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Boonville, Missouri

Honored By

Jack Kenneth Quint II

Relationship

Son

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 6, 1944 AND APRIL 9, 1945, HE FLEW 35 COMBAT MISSIONS AS A RADIO OPERATOR GUNNER ABOARD B-24 HEAVY BOMBERS IN AERIAL COMBAT OVER EUROPE. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH WING, 465TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. ACCUMULATED 243 TOTAL COMBAT FLIGHT HOURS AND WAS AWARDED THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL COMBAT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN SUSTAINED OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE ENEMY. VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN BOONVILLE, MISSOURI ON NOVEMBER 25, 1940 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI ON HIS BIRTHDAY, MAY 22, 1945.