World War II Honoree

Eugene G. Gross

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Coshocton County, Ohio

Honored By

Michael Glaze

Relationship

Cousin of Pilot

HE WAS PART OF A 12-MEMBER CREW IN A B-24 LIBERATOR ("THE BOLD SEA ROVER") ASSIGNED TO THE 861ST BOMBER SQUADRON, 493RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP. HE WAS THE RADIO OPERATOR IN THE LEAD PLANE ON A MISSION TO BOMB A GERMAN AIR BASE IN ROYE-AMY, FRANCE, WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER ASSAINVILLERS ON 18 AUGUST 1944. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. HE IS BURIED/MEMORIALIZED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY IN LEMAY, MISSOURI.