Verbanic, Walter Harold Crewmember 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group.

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Walter Harold Verbanic.

Unit/Placed in, 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group.

Walter is born approx. on 1924 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Father, John J. Verbanic.

Mother, Mary C. (Stefanavc) Verbanic.

Sister(s), Mary, Anna R. and Elizabeth A. Verbanic.

Brother(s), Joseph F. John T. Albert, Edward E. and Raymond A. Verbanic.

Walter enlisted the service in Kansas with service number # O-746965.

Walter‘s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

2^nd Lt. Bernard R. Swart Pilot

1^st Lt. Everett C. Brown Co-Pilot

2^nd Lt. Jim Good Navigator

2^nd Lt. Walter H. Verbanic Bombardier

SSgt. Kenneth Jodrie Engineer/Top turret Gunner

SSgt. Emmett Tucker Radio-Operator/Top turret

Sgt. George Smith Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Roy C. Davis Waist-Gunner/Ball Turret

Sgt. Robert blohm Left waist-Gunner

Sgt. Wesley McDannel Tail Gunner

Walter was KIA when they were shot by enemy Plane’s and crashed near Sieburg, Germany on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 2 March 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Walter is buried/mentioned at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

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