2nd Lieutenant Dan Alvan Dunning O-678522

2nd Lieutenant Dan Alvan Dunning O-678522, (17086309 Enlisted number), US Army Air Corp KIA. Born 15 June 1916 in Thebes, Illinois. Attended Thebes Grade and Colorado Springs High School, and was an employee of the United States Mint in Denver. Joined Army Air Forces on 19 May 1942, at the age of 25. He trained at San Angelo Army Air Field, Texas. With 300th Bombardier Group, 329th Squadron, assigned to bombing enemy objectives from Darwin, Australia. Died in plane crash 17 January 1944, at the age of 27. His plane, mission completed but badly damaged in combat, crashed on home field with loss of entire crew. Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM) for his supreme sacrifice. He was the son of Mrs. Sylvia Dunning Crook of Denver, Colorado.

2nd Lieutenant Dan Alvan Dunning O-678522, (17086309 Enlisted number), US Army Air Corp KIA. Born 15 June 1916 in Thebes, Illinois. Attended Thebes Grade and Colorado Springs High School, and was an employee of the United States Mint in Denver. Joined Army Air Forces on 19 May 1942, at the age of 25. He trained at San Angelo Army Air Field, Texas. With 300th Bombardier Group, 329th Squadron, assigned to bombing enemy objectives from Darwin, Australia. Died in plane crash 17 January 1944, at the age of 27. His plane, mission completed but badly damaged in combat, crashed on home field with loss of entire crew. Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM) for his supreme sacrifice. He was the son of Mrs. Sylvia Dunning Crook of Denver, Colorado.

 

Source:

1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- US Headstone and Interment records for US Military.

3- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Dan+A+Dunning&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1415667