The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Kenneth E Wagner

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Rank
SGT (20 October 1944), SSGT (2 January 1945), SSGT (23 March 1945), SSGT (12 April 1945)
Hometown
DENVER CO; Denver CO; Denver, CO
Also written
Kenneth Wagner
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 148
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
20 October 1944Air Medal4064SGT
2 January 1945Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster13SSGT
23 March 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1635SSGT
12 April 1945Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster2588SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Death notice

Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201909, page 3: 1/15/2019, reported by Kent Wagner.

Statements, mentions and histories

2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) STREET, MARION 815 6/19/2019 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WAGNER, FRANCIS S 816 4/14/2019 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WAGNER, KENNETH E 816 1/15/2019 KENT WAGNER WATSON, OLIVER 815 6/13/2019 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WHITE, DONALD E 817 8/20/2014 GUY VENIER (OBIT) Did You Know? one engine malfunction

Wagner, Kenneth E in newsletter 201909, page 3. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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