World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Clifford H. Grierson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 10TH AIR FORCE, 7TH BOMB GROUP, 493RD BOMB SQUADRON AT PANDAVESWAR, INDIA AS AN AERIAL GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER THAT EXPERIENCED A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER B-24 WHILE BEING ATTACKED BY JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ON A MISSION TO BOMB TARGETS AT MOULMEIN, BURMA ON 22 OCTOBER 1944. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART.