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John Louis Jerstad
Major, US Army Air Corps
Born: February
12, 1918 at Racine, WI
Entered Service: Racine, WI
Date/Place of Action: August 01, 1943 - Ploesti,
Rumania
Unit: 201st Provinsional Combat Wing, 9th Air
Force
Presentation: G.O. 72 - October 28, 1943
Date of Death: August 01, 1943 (Killed
In Action)
Buried at: A.B.M.C. Ardennes - Neuvile-En-Condroz,
Belgium
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Addison Earl Baker
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Air Corps
Born: January 01,
1907 at Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Akron, OH
Date/Place of Action: August 01, 1943 - Ploesti,
Rumania
Unit: 328 Bombardment Squadron, 93d Heavy Bombardment
Group, 8th Air Force
Presentation: At Akron, Ohio - 1944
Date Of Death: August 01, 1943 (Killed
In Action)
Buried at: A.B.M.C. Florence - Florence, Italy
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Leon William Johnson
Colonel, US Army Air Corps
Born: September 13,
1904 at Columbia, MO
Entered Service: Moline, KS
Date/Place of Action: August 01, 1943 -
Ploesti, Rumania
Unit: 44th Bombardment Group, 2d Bomb Division, 9th
Air Force
Presentation: Presented in England
by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers on Nov 22, 1943
Date of Death: November 10, 1997
Buried at: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington,
VA
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Ralph Cheli
Major, US Army Air Corps
Born: October 29,
1919 at San Francisco, CA
Entered Service: Brooklyn, NY
Date/Place of Action: August 18, 1943 - Wewak, New
Guinea
Unit: 405 Bombardment Squadron, 38th
Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force
Presentation: G.O. 72 - October 28, 1943
Date of Death: March 06, 1944
(Killed In Action)
Buried at: Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery - St. Louis, MO
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