WWII · Battle Death Record
Donald Larson
Major, U.S. Army Air Forces · Washington
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Donald Larson
- Entered the Service From
- Washington
- Rank
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Unit / Regiment
- 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- August 4, 1944
- Awards
- Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
- Burial / Memorial
- Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neupré, Belgium
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 11, Grave 9
Their story
Major Donald A. Larson was a U.S. Army Air Forces fighter ace with the 505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group, credited with six aerial victories while flying the P-51 Mustang. On August 4, 1944, during a fighter sweep near Uelzen, Germany, he destroyed enemy aircraft but was shot down and killed. Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake, Washington, was later named in his honor.
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