World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Albert Ormond Wedin
Hometown
Yreka, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 83 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON (LP668) SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE AND CRASHED AT MARKET DRAYTON, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND ON MAY 8, 1944. BURIED AT BLACON CEMETERY, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND.