World War II Honoree

Clarence N. Wilch

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Topeka, Kansas

Honored By

Veryl Wilch

Relationship

Brother

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT AMARILLO, TEXAS. IN JANUARY 1944, ASSIGNED TO CADET TRAINING PROGRAM AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY AT WAYNE, NEBRASKA. AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1944, REASSIGNED TO A UTILITY GROUP AT GEIGER FIELD NEAR SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. AFTER SEVERAL ASSIGNMENTS TO VARIOUS AIR FORCE BASES IN THE U.S. IN AUGUST 1945, ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. DEPARTED FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO GUAM IN THE AIR FORCE, 315TH BOMB WING UNIT. DISCHARGED APRIL 1946 FROM LOGAN FIELD, DENVER, COLORADO.