World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Kenneth Mark Piche
Hometown
Lake Linden, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 15 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SHORT & HARLAND STIRLING MK III (BF474) CRASHED AT ST. ERME-OUTRE-ET-RAMECOURT, AISNE, FRANCE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO MANNHEIM, GERMANY ON APRIL 16, 1943. BURIED AT ST. ERME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ST. ERME, AISNE, FRANCE.