World War II Honoree

George S. Alexander

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Houston, Texas

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Second Lieutenant. Inducted into the United States Army from Texas. Upon his graduation from recruit training, he was designate to attend the Flight Aviation Training Program. He served as a Top Turret Gunner aboard the B-24 ‘Liberator’ Bomber, and was assigned to the 714th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment Group; U.S. Eighth ‘Mighty Eighth’ Army Air Forces. His unit was based at the Royal Air Force Station Norfolk, England. Reported missing in action April 4, 1945, when his group was dispatched to bomb German Air Bases in Northern Germany. En route to the targets, his aircraft was shot down by German fighters. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Netherlands American Cemetery Location: Margraten, Netherlands. This American Patriot received the following decorations posthumously: Air Medal and the Purple Heart. The Air Medal was awarded to the Lieutenant for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight, and the Purple Heart for his ultimate sacrifice.