World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jack D. Patzke
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bly, Oregon
Honored By
Joyce Ausherman
Relationship
Sister
Radio/gunner on B-17. Had nearly completed his 50th mission when his plane was shot down over Northern Italy; was imprisoned in Munich, Germany. Was killed a short time before the war ended, in what some of the prisoners thought to be a Death March.