World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Edmond G. Geron
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Montrose, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS JUNE 1943; TRAINED AT KEARNS AIR BASE, UTAH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, LOWRY AIRFIELD, DENVER, COLORADO AND KINGMAN FIELD, ARIZONA. SERVED AS A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER GUNNER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 486TH BOMB GROUP, 834TH BOMB SQUADRON, STATIONED AT THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FIELD, STATION 174, SUDBURY AIRFIELD ENGLAND. HE DIED THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945 WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN ENGLAND WHILE RETURNING TO BASE FROM A COMBAT MISSION OVER GERMANY. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND A CITATION OF HONOR.