World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Wilbert Abshire
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kaplan, Louisiana
Honored By
Polite Doucet
Relationship
Sister
Member of 458th Bomber Group, 8th Air Force. On May 27, 1944 sent out on the 26th bombing mission to Germany from Norfolk County, England. His plane collided with another plane. He bailed out in the English Channel and his body was never found.