World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Vance Wong
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Moorhead, Mississippi
Honored By
The Family of Joe Lamb
ENLISTED FROM GREENVILLE AIR FORCE BASE, GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI ON DECEMBER 3, 1942. ASSIGNED TO BASIC TRAINING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 1943 TO APRIL 1944.TRAINED AS ASSISTANT ENGINEER. LAST AIRCRAFT IDENTIFIED AS B-24J 'THE LEMON' WAS ASSIGNED TO 7TH ARMY AIR FORCES, 30TH BOMB GROUP HEAVY, 27TH BOMB SQUADRON. 'THE LEMON' WITH ENTIRE CREW MEMBERS OF TEN WAS SHOT-DOWN ON A BOMBING MISSION OVER TRUK (CHUUK) ATOLL, CAROLINE ISLANDS, CENTRAL PACIFIC ON MAY 5, 1944. THE CREW WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AS MISSING-IN-ACTION AND LATER RECLASSIFIED AS KILLED-IN-ACTION ON FEBRUARY 11, 1946. ATTAINED STAFF SERGEANT HIGHEST RANK. AWARDED AIR MEDAL, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART MEDAL. MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, CHINESE CEMETERY, GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI AND MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.