World War II Honoree

Daniel Lawrence Pablo

Hometown

Elmo, Montana

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 22 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK 1C (X9932) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 8./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED NEAR OSTERWICK, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DUSSELDORF ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1942. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.