World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Stephen B. Gilsenan
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Thomas P. Gilsenan & Family
TAIL GUNNER ON A B-54 BOMBER. HE FLEW 53 MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE. HE WAS SHOT DOWN ON THE 53RD MISSION. HE WAS ONE OF THREE MEN OF EIGHT WHO LIVED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO PARACHUTES. BURIED IN LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETERY IN CALIFORNIA.