Technical Sergeant Herbert Fried in uniform head and shoulder photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Stutsman


Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Technical Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    338th Bomber Squadron
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    96th Bomber Group, Heavy
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    European African Middle Eastern Theater
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea, about 55 miles E of Sassnitz. The cause of the crash was enemy aircraft.

Biography:

born Skogmo, NDak 12 Mar 15; resident Stutsman County, NDak; entered AUG Ft Snelling, Minn 6 Nov 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 11 Apr 44 Baltic Sea; remains not recovered; memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, England