S/Sgt. Henry Nelson Frees Jr.

Parents: Henry N., Sr. & Blanche Frees

Home:

    - 411 North Second Avenue - Maywood, Illinois

Siblings: 3 brothers

Education:

    - Lincoln Grade School

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Graduating Class: 1935

    - Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois

Inducted:

    - Unknown

        - U.S. Army Air Corps

Serial Number: 16079249

Training: 

    - University of Miami

    - Scott Field, Illinois

    - Selman Field, Louisiana

    - Clovis Field, New Mexico

Unit: 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)

Engagements:

    - 25 missions over China, Burma, India, Japan

Killed in Action:

    - 30 August 1945

Buried: 

    - Rock Island National Cemetery - Rock Island, Illinois

        - Section: E   Site: 191

Medals:

    - Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

    - Purple Heart

    - Three Presidential Unit Citations

    - Distinguished Flying Cross

Return to Proviso War Dead