John Gamble Austin (1918 - 1945)

Born 8 Sep 1918 in Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Died 8 Apr 1945 at age 26 in Gifhorn, Gifhorn, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Biography

Captain John Austin was Killed in Action during World War II.

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.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6J-KDZ : 1 February 2021), John Austin in entry for John F Austin, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77Z-CWL : accessed 8 April 2023), John G Austin in household of John F Austin, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 31B, line 56, family 917, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 720; FHL microfilm 2,340,455.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2T-BWH : 14 May 2020), John G Austin in household of John F Austin, Ward 2, Wichita, Wichita City, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107-26, sheet 6A, line 1, family 112, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1271.

• "American Battle Monuments Commission", INDEX RECORD, John G Austin,

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.

Awards:

1. Distinguished Flying Cross,
2. Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters,
3. Purple Heart

Record Repository: Fold3.com

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56356930/john-gamble-austin: accessed 07 April 2023), memorial page for Capt John Gamble Austin (8 Sep 1918–8 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56356930, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by R & S (contributor 46634910).

Acknowledgments

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