T/Sgt. Francis Joseph Conlon Jr.


Born: 10 March 1917 - Illinois

Parents: Frank J. Colon Sr. & Delia Lyons-Conlon

Nickname: Frank

Siblings: 6 sisters

Home:

    - 923 South Harlem Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois

Education:

    - Saint Bernadine's Catholic School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1935

Occupation: Salesman - Moran Brothers Company

Enlisted:

    - 19 June 1941

        - U.S. Army Air Corps - Washington D. C.

Serial Number: 13023449

Training: 

    - Geiger Field - Spokane, Washington

Unit: 

    - 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bombardment Group (Heavy)

Plane: B-17

Engagements:

    - 6 missions over France

    - bombing missions over North Africa

Missing in Action:

    - 28 November 1942 - Bizerte, Tunisia - North Africa

Declared Dead: 20 November 1943

Memorials: 

    - Tablets of the Missing - North Africa American Cemetery - Carthage, Tunisia

    - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Medals: 

    - Air Medal

    - Purple Heart


 

 

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