World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jack Neil Ostenson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
St. George, Utah
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 44TH BOMB GROUP, 68TH BOMB SQUADRON. LEFT WAIST GUNNER ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER 'VALIENT LADY', WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT WHILE ON A MISSION TO BOMB V-1 ROCKET SITES AT PAS DES CALAIS, FRANCE. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND PURPLE HEART.