Earl LeRoy Frost (1922 - 1943)

Born 27 Apr 1922 in Mansfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 1 Aug 1943 at age 21 in Ploeştiori, Prahova, Romania

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Biography

Earl Frost was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Earl Frost was awarded the Purple Heart.

Earl Frost was awarded the Air Medal.

Staff Sergeant Earl Frost served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 05 Sep 1942
Unit(s): 328th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93rd Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 1 Aug 1943

Staff Sergeant Earl Frost was Killed in Action over Romania in Operation Tidal Wave during World War II.

He was born on 27 April 1922 in Mansfield, Pennsylvania

He was killed in action when the B-24 bomber, Euroclydon The Storm, took a direct anti-aircraft hit over the target in Ploesti Rumania during Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 1943. Earl was a gunner on the bomber. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

• 1930 - Conestoga, Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1]
• 1940 - Kirks, Little Britain Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2]

Find A Grave: Memorial #56358254

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQS-6X9 : accessed 18 December 2020), Earl L Frost in household of Earl J Frost, Conestoga, Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 15B, line 65, family 352, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2056; FHL microfilm 2,341,790.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQF5-VZ7 : 31 May 2020), Earl L Frost in household of Robert F Wallace, Kirks, Little Britain Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-110, sheet 3B, line 45, family 47, 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 3533.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2238 #302990156
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMJ9-11Z : 5 December 2014), Earl L Frost, enlisted 05 Sep 1942, Rochester, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• AREA SOLDIER SAID MISSING, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 27 Aug 1943, Fri • Page 8
• Mother Hears Genevan Dead In Air Raid, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 02 Nov 1943, Tue • Page 26
• 3 Missing Area Men Awarded DFC, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 17 Nov 1943, Wed • Page 15