World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Harold Muscato
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Marshalton, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, GUNNER, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF ROY OLSEN CREW. THE CREW FLEW THE 'PELLY-CAN', NOT THEIR REGULAR PLANE, ON A RAID ON MAKASSER. THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS DELIBERATELY HIT FROM BEHIND BY A JAPANESE FIGHTER AND BOTH CRASHED INTO THE SEA. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE MANEUVERS WERE SEEN AND THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THESE MOVES. KILLED JUNE 23, 1943. AWARDED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART.