Vernon
Dale
Huddleston
aka Hutchinson
Born in Athens, Ohio, United States
Son of Glen Hutchinson
and Llewellyn M Huddleston
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Lucille Warnick
— married
13 Jun 1941 in Newport News, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Dale Burk
Died about
at about age 25
in Fort William Mckinley, Taguig, Rizal, Philippines
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2019
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Biography
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, (July 4, 1942) he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 12, 1945.
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Husband of Mrs. Vernon D. Huddleston who resided in Dare, Virginia.
Vernon served as a Corporal & Gunner on B-26 #40-1468, 33rd Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Montgomery County, Ohio prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 4, 1940 prior to the war.
B-26 #40-1468 took off, with a crew of 7, on a bombing mission over Lae, Papua New Guinea. After a successful bombing mission, and while returning to base, they were attacked and ran into by a enemy fighter plane and crashed at sea 25 miles south east of their target. The entire crew was lost on this mission.
Vernon was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 6988332
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Airmen who perished on B-26 #40-1468:
Daley, John F, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MA Huddleston, Vernon D ~ Corp, Gunner, OH Jander, Philip L ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, TX Johnson, Milton O ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NE Morgan, Thomas A ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, AR Smith, William C ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, MO Werner, Lawrence I ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
It was report on the MACR for this flight that 4 of the crew members were reportedly picked up by a Japanese ship. However there is no report of any of them being a POW of the Japanese. That is why it took so long for the Military to officially declare them as dead. They wanted to insure that none of them were reported, after the war, as POW's.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Sources
- Certificate No. 11615
Certificate of Marriage the Commonwealth of Virginia Vernon D Huddleston and Mary Lucille Warnick
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56765268
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