John Gamble Austin was born on 8 Sep 1918. Son of John Forest Austin and Ruth Cleveland Broaddus. He married Burneta Lucile Young in 1941.
A casualty of WWII, he was shot down during a photographic reconnaissance mission over Belgium/ Germany.
Full Name: John G Austin, State of Residence: Kansas, Death: 8-Apr-45, Death Date: 8 Apr 1945, Buried at: Plot D Row 3 Grave 8 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium, Memorial Location: Plot D Row 3 Grave 8, Memorial Cemetery: Ardennes American Cemetery, Memorial Country, Neupre, Belgium, Rank: Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service Number: O-399942, Regiment: 33rd Photographic Squadron, 363rd Reconnaissance Group Conflict Period: World War II, Served for: United States of America.
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Categories: 33rd Photographic Squadron, United States Army Air Force, World War II | Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) | Air Medal | Purple Heart | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Liège | Killed in Action, United States of America, World War II