WWII

Byron Woodrow Durham

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
January 22 1912

Date of Death
July 1 1944

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
January 22 1942 - July 1 1944

Conflicts & Campaigns

New Guinea
He was a passenger aboard a B-25 bomber that was lost on a mission over New Guinea.

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
92nd Squadron, 80th Service Group

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Notes

US Army serial number 34-680-183. Killed in crash of a B-25 over New Guinea, July 7, 1944. Remains were recovered 1997. Burial; Arlington National Cemetery, May 2004, Section 60, Site 7948. His wife's brother, TEC E4 Ralph Lee Massey US Army, was killed during World War II.