World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
David A. Hampstead
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Quantico, Virginia
Honored By
Paula Lucy Delosh
TECHNICAL SERGEANT WITH 15TH AIR FORCE; FLYING FORTRESS IN ITALY. COMPLETED MORE THAN 50 MISSIONS AS A RADIO OPERATOR. AWARDED AIR MEDAL AND THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS. ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 27, 1943. SENT OVERSEAS JUNE 29, 1944; BALKANS, ITALY, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN THE 'BEACHHEAD BOMBING' WHICH PRECEDED THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AND TOOK PART IN THE EVACUATION OF COMBAT CREWMEN FROM BUCHAREST, ROMANIA.