Date of birth:

November 19th, 1915 (San Francisco County/California, United States)

Date of death:

August 12th, 1944 (Arras, Pas-de-Calais/Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France)

Mentioned on:

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Service number:

0-21782

Nationality:

American

Colonel (March 1944) Thomas Christian Jr. was killed while bombing the station of Boisleux-au-Mont. He flew more than 70 combat missions during the war.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

62d Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces

Awarded on:

1942

Colonel (Air Corps) Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian, Jr. (ASN: 0-21782), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy while serving as Commanding Officer, 62d Fighter Group, EIGHTH Air Force, during World War II.

Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, General Orders No. 4F

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

62d Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces

With Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

62d Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces

Second DFC received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

With three Oak Leaf Clusters

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Second AM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Third AM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Fourth AM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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