World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Clarence Emil Wisrodt
Hometown
Gavelston, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 17 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FAR EAST) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED HAWKER HURRICANE MK IIA CRASHED INTO THE SITTAUNG RIVER EAST OF RANGOON, BURMA ON MARCH 3, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON COLUMN 420 AT THE SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, SINGAPORE.