World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Bernard J. Eilers
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rochester, New York
Honored By
Rich Brazill
Relationship
Cousin
After graduation as an architect from Notre Dame, Ben was trained as a Liberator bomber pilot. He was shot down over Austria in 1944, sustaining a serious head injury. He was permanently disabled as a result.