Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Earl Ellsworth Yoh.
Unit/Placed in, 424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Earl was born on July 23, 1924 in van Wert County, Ohio.
Father, Joshua B. Yoh.
Mother, Edith B. (McClure) Yoh.
Sisters, Elsie L., Goldie M., Emma and Clara E. Yoh.
Brothers, Gayle, Dale, Bruce, Yoshua, George, Emerson L., John M. and James E. Yoh.
Earl enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 35558843.
Earl‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
2nd Lt. Jack S.M. Arnett Pilot
- William B. Simpson Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Frank J. Arhar Navigator
2nd Lt. Arthur J. Schumacher Bombardier
TSgt. Robert J. Stinson Engineer
SSgt. Jimmie Doyle Asst. Engineer
TSgt. Charles T. Goulding Radio Operator
SSgt. John Moore Asst. Radio Operator
SSgt. Leland D. Price Gunner
SSgt. Earl E. Yoh Gunner
Sgt. Alexander R. Vick Photographer
Earl was KIA when the plane got shot by Anti-Aircraft fire and crashed in sea on 1 Sep. 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Earl is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.
His remains were recovered before he was mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Tablets of the Missing
Earl also has a Memorial Grave at Mohr Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.307bg.net/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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
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/
His remains have been recovered and identified on February 12, 2009.
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.
