World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ralph Homer Emswiler
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Columbus, Ohio
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Assigned to 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group (H) at Wendover Field, Utah. On 7 July 1942, while flying as an aircrew member aboard B-17E Flying Fortress serial #41-2604, he was Killed in a Crash Ground Collision approximately 10 miles South-Southeast of Wendover Field in the Bonneville Salt Flats.