World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Harry Alyn Neal
Hometown
La Grange, Illinois
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 26 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 214 'FEDERATED MALAY STATES' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK 1C (HF856) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO ESSEN, GERMANY ON APRIL 11, 1942. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.