World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald W. Ogborn
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Providence, Rhode Island
Honored By
Michael Lynett
In 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Army serving as a Technical Sergeant in the 8th U.S. Army Air Force and flew strategic bombing missions under the 401st Bomb Group (H) from Deenethorpe, England, during WWII. On his eighth combat mission, he was awarded the Purple Heart after his B-17 Flying Fortress crew was shot down over Germany on January 11, 1944. After parachuting out, he was captured and sent to Stalag 17-B in Krems, Austria, where he remained a prisoner of war until liberated on May 2, 1945.