World War II Honoree

William R. 'Jack' Geiler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Honored By

Nancy Geiler

Relationship

Wife

STAFF SERGEANT. ASSISTANT AERIAL FLIGHT ENGINEER AND NOSE TURRET GUNNER. B-24 LIBERATOR 4-ENGINE HEAVY BOMBER; 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE, 454TH BOMB GROUP, 738TH BOMB SQUADRON. SERVED 29 COMBAT MISSIONS. AWARDED AIR MEDAL WITH 4 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON WITH 1 BATTLE STAR FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S.; EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 5 BATTLE STARS FOR CAMPAIGNS OF FOGGIA-NAPLES, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE, NORTHERN FRANCE, GERMANY, BALKANS, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA AND PO VALLEY NORTHERN ITALY; WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMED ARMY OF OCCUPATION GERMANY, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF HERMAN GOERING STEEL WORKS IN LINZ, AUSTRIA (GO 3603 SEPTEMBER 24, 1944) AND THE DESTRUCTION OF MESSERSCHMIDT AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN BAD VOESLAU, AUSTRIA (GO 3398 24 MAY 1944); CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR COLD WAR BERLIN AND CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE AIR WAR OVER FRANCE, 1944-1945. RECEIVED HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE 'RUPTURED DUCK LAPEL PIN IN NOVEMBER 1945.