World War II Honoree

Hugh L. Yeager, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Granite City, Illinois

Honored By

Louise Walls & John H Hesterly

Relationship

Cousins

1ST LIEUTENANT. JOINED THE ARMY AIR CORPS AFTER ONE YEAR AS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. RECEIVED HIS PILOT TRAINING IN TEXAS AND EVENTUALLY WAS ASSIGNED AS A B-26 PILOT AT BARKSDALE FIELD IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. WAS RE-ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. FLEW MISSIONS OVER GERMANY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. KILLED IN ACTION IN THE SPRING OF 1945 WHILE ON A MISSION OVER EUSKIRCHEN, GERMANY. BURIED IN THE ZACHARY TAYLOR VETERAN'S CEMETERY IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY IN A CENTRALLY LOCATED GRAVE WITH HIS FLIGHT CREW.