WWII
Corbett Young Connell
Rate / Rank
S Sergeant
Birthdate
January 29 1915
Date of Death
January 25 1993
Branch
USAAC
Active Duty Service
April 13 1942 - September 8 1945
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Northern France; Air Combat Europe; Normandy; Rome-Arno
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
- 3704 Army Air Force Base Unit
- 15th Liberator Bomb Group (Italy)
- European Theater of Operations April 15, 1944 - October 9, 1944
Decorations & Citations
- Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters; Distinguished Unit Badge
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver star
- Good Conduct Medal; Sharpshooter; Thompson Sub Machine Gun. Expert; Rifle and Carbine
Notes
51 combat missions B-24. US Army service number 34-268-122. Born; Whigham, Georgia. Burial; Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.