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Alfred Hanson, Jr.

Graduating Class of 1942
Served in World War II
Attached photograph of Second Lieutenant Hanson

Second Lieutenant
Alfred Hanson, Jr.

Army Air Forces
470th Bombardment Squadron
334th Bomber Group

Hometown

Racine, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Greenville, SC

Date of Death

Location of Burial

West Lawn Memorial Park, Mount Pleasant, WI

More About Second Lieutenant Hanson

Lieutenant Hanson enlisted in the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet in July, 1942, and was inducted on 6 Feb 1943. He received his wings November 3 at Marianna, FL and then served as a Second Lieutenant on B-25D #42-87148.

He was killed when three army bombers crashed at the Greenville army base.