Born 1922, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Died non Battle 23 June 1945
Son of Hillard C. and Pauline Applin
On 23 June 1945 he was a passenger on the US Army Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft #43-16195 during a routine ferry flight. They had departed from Myitkyina North Airfield in Burma, present day Myanmar. Their destination was Ledo Airfield in India. It was reported that they crashed into the side of a Mountain in the Shin Bway Yang region of Burma. There were no survivors.
He was returned from overseas in 1950 and is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri. He is buried in the same grave with;
S/Sgt Herbert R. Arnett, Sgt John Blackston, T/5 Sam M. Brown, T/5 James A. Chapman, 1/Sgt Eugene Cofield, T/ Fred Combs, Pvt Willis Ellis, FPC Tommie Gibbs, T/5 Willie Henderson, 1st Lt Victor H. Huelsnitz, Pvt John C. Johnson, 2nd Lt Robert L. Karnes, T/5 Edwin L. Larson, T/5 Ernest J. Mc Donald, T/5 Isadore Meade, Cpl Donald L. Merrill, T/5 Curlie H. Mitchell, T/5 John C. Perry, 1st Lt Allen G. Shreve, Pvt Patrick H. Sorrell, Sgt John G. Speroni, T/5 Charlie Tennyson, Cpl Gabriel Tindal Jr., T/5 Stewart W. Vincent and Sgt Riley Visor.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 15 January 1922
- Date of death: 23 June 1945
- County: Hamilton
- Hometown: Chattanooga
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: Quartermaster Corps
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
- Location In Memorial: Pillar X, Bottom Panel
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