Vincent was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Service # O-790155
He entered the Service from Michigan
Awards: Purple Heart.
He was the son of Daniel O Lerg * of Olive Township. He was Killed in Action, the first Dewitt casualty of WWII.
His family moved to Lake City in Michigan and then to Dewitt in 1926. He was educated at Lemm and Dewitt schools and graduated from St Mary's High School, Lansing in 1936 He was drafted into the US Army in November 1941, transferring, at his own choice, from the infantry to the Army Air Corps to study navigation.Upon graduating, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and assigned navigator on a B-25 bomber and sent to the Caribbean in July 1942 where he was promoted First Lieutenant. He returned to the US in January 1943 and had only been in England for a month before he met his death.He served with the 'Mighty Eighth' USAAF based at Rougham Air Field, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
He is commemorated on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial, St. Johns, Michigan.
Service # O-790155
He entered the Service from Michigan
Awards: Purple Heart.
He was the son of Daniel O Lerg * of Olive Township. He was Killed in Action, the first Dewitt casualty of WWII.
His family moved to Lake City in Michigan and then to Dewitt in 1926. He was educated at Lemm and Dewitt schools and graduated from St Mary's High School, Lansing in 1936 He was drafted into the US Army in November 1941, transferring, at his own choice, from the infantry to the Army Air Corps to study navigation.Upon graduating, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and assigned navigator on a B-25 bomber and sent to the Caribbean in July 1942 where he was promoted First Lieutenant. He returned to the US in January 1943 and had only been in England for a month before he met his death.He served with the 'Mighty Eighth' USAAF based at Rougham Air Field, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
He is commemorated on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial, St. Johns, Michigan.
Vincent was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-410th Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Service # O-790155
He entered the Service from Michigan
Awards: Purple Heart.
He was the son of Daniel O Lerg * of Olive Township. He was Killed in Action, the first Dewitt casualty of WWII.
His family moved to Lake City in Michigan and then to Dewitt in 1926. He was educated at Lemm and Dewitt schools and graduated from St Mary's High School, Lansing in 1936 He was drafted into the US Army in November 1941, transferring, at his own choice, from the infantry to the Army Air Corps to study navigation.Upon graduating, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and assigned navigator on a B-25 bomber and sent to the Caribbean in July 1942 where he was promoted First Lieutenant. He returned to the US in January 1943 and had only been in England for a month before he met his death.He served with the 'Mighty Eighth' USAAF based at Rougham Air Field, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
He is commemorated on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial, St. Johns, Michigan.
Service # O-790155
He entered the Service from Michigan
Awards: Purple Heart.
He was the son of Daniel O Lerg * of Olive Township. He was Killed in Action, the first Dewitt casualty of WWII.
His family moved to Lake City in Michigan and then to Dewitt in 1926. He was educated at Lemm and Dewitt schools and graduated from St Mary's High School, Lansing in 1936 He was drafted into the US Army in November 1941, transferring, at his own choice, from the infantry to the Army Air Corps to study navigation.Upon graduating, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and assigned navigator on a B-25 bomber and sent to the Caribbean in July 1942 where he was promoted First Lieutenant. He returned to the US in January 1943 and had only been in England for a month before he met his death.He served with the 'Mighty Eighth' USAAF based at Rougham Air Field, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
He is commemorated on the Clinton County Veterans Memorial, St. Johns, Michigan.
