398th Bomb Group Purple Heart Awards List
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As follows is our latest on-line 398th Bomb Group Purple Heart Awards List. The list was last updated September 13, 2022.
There are 87 known 398th Purple Heart recipients and they are listed in the table below. Five of those recipients were awarded their medals while recuperating in a field hospital after crashing in Paderborn, Germany (RDX explosion). The rest of the entries for 398th Purple Heart recipients for non-POW (Prisoner of War) were transcribed directly from the October 1997 398th Flak News which stated:
"This List from the 398th who were awarded Purple Hearts for wounds incurred in combat was gleaned from the records sent by members of the Friends of the 398th, Nuthampstead. These records have been placed in three bound volumes and eventually will be forwarded to the 8th AF Heritage Museum, Savannah, Georgia. It should be pointed out that only the names of those men who returned safely from missions are included. Many others wounded in combat and ultimately sent to PW camps do not appear in the records."
Records for Purple Hearts for those men shot down, wounded and sent to German Prisoner of War camps were not with the 398th records as it appears that the awards were generally made after the war and after the 398th records closed. As these additional Purple Heart cases become known they will be added to the list below with a Prisoner of War indicator and source info noted in the Notes column.
See also:
- 398th Individual Awards - an index to all 398th Individual Awards
- 398th Bomb Group Purple Heart Citation List - transcripts of some 398th Purple Heart citations
If you have photos of the awards presentation or have citations not listed, or if you are aware of errors in our listing, please contact Jeff Vicha, our 398th Awards Coordinator.
| Last Name | First Name | Date of Wound | Target | Squadron | Citation on Web Page | PW | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbott | George E. | 10/15/1944 | Cologne | 601st | Yes | Abbott was KIA on Oct. 15, 1944, he was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously on December 22, 1944. | |
| 1 | Albright, Jr. | Franklin | 10/30/1944 | Munster | 602nd | |||
| 2 | Alderson | Richard E. | 3/2/1945 | Bohlen | 603rd | |||
| 3 | Amabele | Nick R. | 5/19/1944 | Berlin | 601st | Yes | Spelled as Nicholas H. Amabile in the transcribed citation. | |
| 4 | Aukerman | John V. | 10/2/1944 | Kassel | 600th | |||
| 5 | Aune | Arnt N. | 7/20/1944 | Dessau | 601st | |||
| 6 | Bacon | Adrian S. | 11/10/1944 | Cologne | 601st | |||
| 7 | Bonner | Donald C. | 2/23/1945 | Schweinfurt | 601st | |||
| 8 | Bradley, Jr. | Frederick C. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | Yes | Purple Heart Citation provided by Lee Bradley | |
| 9 | Branum | Charles W. | 3/10/1945 | Sinsen | 603rd | |||
| 10 | Brown | James R. | 3/4/1945 | Ulm | N/A | |||
| 11 | Bryan, Jr. | Joseph | 9/14/1944 | Ostheim | 602nd | |||
| 12 | Buck | Edwin N. | 5/30/1944 | Dessau | 602nd | Yes | Date of Wound transcribed as 5/19/1944 in transcribed citation. | |
| 13 | Carbonneau | Francis H. | 4/8/1945 | Deben | 600th | |||
| 14 | Carlson | Kenneth G. | 11/21/1944 | Merseburg | 603rd | |||
| 15 | Chandler | James E. | 10/10/1944 | Stuttgart | 601st | |||
| 16 | Colantuccie | George C. | 11/7/1944 | Brux | 603rd | |||
| 17 | Cosco | John P. | 7/8/1944 | Humieres | 602nd | |||
| 18 | Cowan | Harry E. | 9/3/1944 | Saarbrucken | 601st | |||
| 19 | Crawford | Paul F. | 9/4/1944 | Peenemunde | 603rd | |||
| 20 | Cucco | Joseph F. | 11/2/1944 | Merseburg | 601st | |||
| 21 | Fanska | Rudolph R. | 2/23/1945 | Schweinfurt | 601st | |||
| 22 | Fay | Andrew F. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | Yes | Purple Heart Citation provided by Lee Bradley | |
| 23 | Figueria | Arthur L. | 9/1/1944 | Villaroche | 600th | |||
| 24 | Fischer | James N. | 7/24/1944 | St. Lo | 601st | |||
| 25 | Fleming | William R. | 3/2/1945 | Bohlen | 603rd | |||
| 26 | Franceschini | Gino | 9/8/1944 | Ludwigshafen | 602nd | |||
| 27 | Franks | Clarence J. | 6/21/1944 | Berlin | 600th | Yes | Post-war presentation of Purple Heart | |
| 28 | Fritsch | Phillip A. | 7/8/1944 | Humieres | 601st | |||
| 29 | Gagon | Glen | 3/22/1945 | Dorsten | N/A | |||
| 30 | Gilson | John R. | 7/31/1944 | Munich | 601st | |||
| 31 | Gray | Harry E. | 3/18/1945 | Berlin | 602nd | |||
| 32 | Guild | Herbert D. | 1/13/1945 | Germersheim | 601st | |||
| 33 | Gulledge | Thomas B. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | |||
| 34 | Haas | James R. | 9/8/1944 | Ludwigshafen | 602nd | |||
| 35 | Hall | Ralph D. | 1/10/1945 | Ostheim | 601st | |||
| 36 | Henning | Frank K. | 6/21/1944 | Berllin | 600th | Yes | Data obtained from Honorable Discharge papers via daughter, Amy Goll on 11/13/2007. Date of wound assumed as 6/21/1944, the date the Rohrer aircraft was shot down. | |
| 37 | Herrera | Jose E. | 9/26/1944 | England | 600th | |||
| 38 | Hobba | William C. | 1/25/1945 | Sterkrade | 603rd | |||
| 39 | Horvath | Stephen G. | 7/7/1944 | Leipzig | 602nd | |||
| 40 | Irwin | Victor B. | 4/8/1945 | Derben | 603rd | |||
| 41 | Jennings | George W. | 6/25/1944 | Toulouse | 600th | |||
| 42 | Jensen | Malcolm L. | 3/18/1945 | Berlin | 603rd | |||
| 43 | Jillie | Don R. | 2/20/1945 | Nuremburg | 602nd | |||
| 44 | Johnson | Evald A. | 1/20/1945 | Mannheim | 601st | |||
| 45 | Jones | William M. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | |||
| 46 | Kempner | Saul J. | 7/8/1944 | Fresnoy | 600th | |||
| 47 | Kral | George B. | 1/10/1945 | Ostheim | 602nd | |||
| 48 | Kritz | Arthur | 9/13/1944 | LeManior | 600th | |||
| 49 | Leitner | Lionel J. | 12/29/1944 | Bingen | 602nd | |||
| 50 | Link, Jr. | Alex J. | 9/13/1944 | LeManior | 602nd | |||
| 51 | Mackie | Henry L. | 10/28/1944 | Munster | 603rd | |||
| 52 | Markel | Norman E. | 4/25/1945 | Pilsen | 602nd | |||
| 53 | May | J.C. | 3/22/1945 | Dorsten | N/A | |||
| 54 | McAllister | John G. | 5/30/1944 | Dessau | 601st | |||
| 55 | Menig | John | 3/2/1945 | Bohlen | 603rd | |||
| 56 | Miller | John J. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | Yes | Purple Heart Citation provided by Lee Bradley | |
| 57 | Molesworth | Robert W. | 1/28/1945 | Cologne | 603rd | |||
| 58 | Moon | Roland F. | 2/23/1945 | Schweinfurt | 601st | |||
| 59 | Norris | Edward J. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | |||
| 60 | Oien | Hadley J. | 3/14/1945 | Osnabruck | 600th | |||
| 61 | Oliver | James C. | 1/13/1945 | Germersheim | 601st | |||
| 62 | Paget | Percy | 9/9/1944 | Mannheim | 602nd | |||
| 63 | Parker | William C. | 12/29/1944 | Bingen | 603rd | |||
| 64 | Peirce | William B. | 5/19/1944 | Berlin | 602nd | Yes | ||
| 65 | Peterson | Emil O. | 12/29/1944 | Bingen | 602nd | |||
| 66 | Reveman | Joseph | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | Yes | Purple Heart Citation provided by Lee Bradley | |
| 67 | Richardson | Robert A. | 3/2/1945 | Bohlen | 603rd | |||
| 68 | Rosenzweig | Harold | 9/8/1944 | Cauvicourt | 602nd | |||
| 69 | Scherer | Franklin J. | 4/13/1945 | Neumunster | 601st | Yes | Purple Heart Citation provided by Lee Bradley | |
| 70 | Scott | Ross F. | 1/20/1945 | Mannheim | 601st | |||
| 71 | Sichting | William M. | 6/13/1944 | Beauvis | 601st | |||
| 72 | Small | Grant | 7/29/1944 | Merseburg | 602nd | |||
| 73 | Steele | Edward L. | 12/29/1944 | Bingen | 601st | |||
| 74 | Stewart | Edward S. | 4/8/1945 | Derben | 603rd | |||
| 75 | Stoffer | Louis J. | 12/24/1944 | Koblenz | 600th | |||
| 76 | Strombaugh | Charles E. | 9/6/1944 | Brandenburg | 601st | |||
| 77 | Suchman | Charles B. | 7/8/1944 | Humieres | 601st | |||
| 78 | Tacker | Laurence | 6/20/1944 | Hamburg | 601st | |||
| 79 | Taylor | Franklin W. | 6/27/1944 | Berlin | 602nd | |||
| 80 | Triebwasser | Sidney | 10/12/1944 | Brux | 600th | |||
| 81 | Tueller | Glenn N. | 12/13/1944 | Merseburg | 601st | |||
| 82 | Unger | Von B. | 7/6/1944 | E'Ecques | 601st | |||
| 83 | Walkup | Charles N. | 7/20/1944 | Dessau | 601st | |||
| 84 | Wallace | Robert D. | 1/20/1945 | Mannheim | 601st | |||
| 85 | Weisend | Wendell H. | 6/18/1944 | Hamburg | 601st | |||
| 86 | White | James L. | 12/24/1944 | Koblenz | 600th | |||
| 87 | Wickam | Walter E. | 10/26/1944 | Osnabruck | 601st |