World War II Honoree

Paul Edward Dreyer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

LaVale, Maryland

Honored By

Paulette J. Webster

Relationship

Daughter

He was in the 20th Army Air Corps. He was based on the island of Saipan in the Pacific. He was the radar operator on the B-29 'Leading Lady'. He was killed in action January 3, 1945, over Nagoya, Japan. A Japanese kamikaze pilot crashed into one of his B-29's propeller engines. The number on the tail of the was Z square 22. He was buried with his crew on August 13, 1949 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. He received the Air Medal posthumously.