Bachand, Alexis C. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Alexis C. Bachand.

Unit/Placed in, 31st Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Alexis is born approx. on 1920 in New York.

Father, Alexis C. Bachand.

Mother, Ruth M. Bachand.

Spouse, Ruth E. (Eachand) Bachand.

Alexis enlisted the service in New York with service number # 0-696308.

John ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

2nd Lt. Arthur J. Belair Pilot

2nd Lt. Alexis J. Bachand Co Pilot

2nd Lt. James C. Price Navigator

2nd Lt. Clayton A. White Bombardier

T/Sgt. Lee H. Evans Engineer

S/Sgt. Harold J. Olson Asst. Engineer

T/Sgt. Warren R. Curry Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Howard G. Parson Asst. Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Edward J. Gin Gunner

S/Sgt. John E. Ashworth Gunner

Alexis was KIA when they were shot by a Mitsubishi A6M Zero in the #2 Engine after the Mission and crashed near Truk Lagoon on 21 May 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Army Aviation Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Alexis is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/5bg/index.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian