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SGT Willard Martin Denn

344th Bombardment Squadron
Air Force
Hostile, Died While Missing (MIA)
Remains Not Recovered
Aircraft Type: B-29A
Aircraft Number: 44-69803
Date Of Loss: February 28, 1952
Service Number: AF16329167
Born: September 27, 1932
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Mapleton, Minnesota
Location Or Battle Zone: North Korea
Town Or Area: East Of Punchbowl

Comments: Sergeant Denn was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 344th Bomber Squadron, 998th Bomber Wing. On February 28, 1952, while on a bombing mission, the aircraft's engines developed problems and the crew bailed out. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Born Mapleton, Minnesota, lived in Mankato, Minnesota.

Final Disposition Date: February 28, 1954
Korean War Project Key No: 7379

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