Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Dale Lee Badgett.
Unit/Placed in, 433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group.
Dale is born approx. on 23 May 1922 in Oklahoma.
Father, Fred L. Badgett.
Mother, Billy B. (Hurt) Badgett.
Sister(s), Leona W. Badgett.
Brother(s), Fred M. and Gerald Badgett.
Dale enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 0-742929.
Dale died during a test flight, because off engine problems and crashed on 8 Feb. 1944, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Dale is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA.
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-38/42-66752.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR3S-DX2
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe on Facebook.
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
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
