World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John L. Ford
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Marion County, West Virginia
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, GUNNER, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON 'BLACK PIRATES', 90TH BOMB GROUP (JOLLY ROGERS), FIFTH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF DONALD MCNEFF CREW. DIED OCTOBER 12, 1943. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 997. HIS PLANE LEFT FROM WARDS DROME, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, ON A DAYLIGHT RAID ON RABAUL. THEY WERE LAST SEEN OFF OF NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, BUT DID NOT RETURN FROM THE MISSION. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.