World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Neil Gaudet
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Paulina, Louisiana
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, B-24 LIBERATOR 'COWTOWN'S REVENGE', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF WALTER HIGGINS CREW. RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST JAPANESE CONVOY NEAR NEW BRITAIN, JANUARY 6, 1943, THE PLANE WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY FIGHTERS. DUE TO THE DAMAGE, THEY HAD TO DITCH THE PLANE WEST OF KAWA ISLAND. HE WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.