World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Vernal J. Bird
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Midvale, Utah
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs Jr
served in the southwest pacific theater of operations with the 5th air force, 3rd bomb group, 13th bomb squadron. pilot of an a-20 'havoc' bomber that went missing after a bomb run over a Japanese airfield in papua, new guinea. awarded air medal, purple heart, asiatic-pacific campaign medal and WWII victory medal.