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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Alonzo Gilbert Paul

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Belvidere, New Jersey

Honored By

Alexander Jacobs, Jr.

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED SERVICE AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY IN 1942. SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 95TH BOMB GROUP, 336TH BOMB SQUADRON AT HORHAM ROYAL AIR FORCE FIELD, ENGLAND. RADIO OPERATOR ON THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER, 'SPOOK III', WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AND CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SEA WHILE ON A MISSION TO OSCHERSLEBEN, GERMANY ON JULY 28, 1943. MISSING AT SEA. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.