Lewis John Fredricks was born Mar. 5, 1917 to Henry John and Clara Anna Einhous Fredricks. He died Feb. 4, 1943 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
Sgt. Fredricks served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy and was a crew member of a B-17 (Flying Fortress) which participated in a combat mission to Emden, Germany where his plane was shot down into the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. He was MIA and later a Finding of Death was issued for him. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal.
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