World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Lee Ball
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Honored By
Karen Adams
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5949. Lost near Bolzano, Italy, on mission out of Oudna Air Base, Tunisia. Missing Air Crew Report 767. No witnesses to the crash, but consensus of other crews on the mission is that the B-17 was taken down by anti-aircraft fire.