World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Buford E. Durden
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Honored By
Jan Bos
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, WAS CREW CHIEF ONBOARD C-47 41-38624 OF THE 45TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 316TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE AIRPLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED. HE IS MEMORIALIZED ON THE WALL OF MISSING OF THE SICILY ROME CEMETERY, NETTUNO, SICILY.