William D. Froehlingsdorf

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

William D. Froehlingsdorf of Virginia, Minn. entered the Army Air Corps.

He served as a 2nd Lieutenant iand pilot.

On May 15, 1942, while on routine patrol, his twin-engine army bomber plunged into Humboldt Bay in Calif. and carried all of its seven occupants with it.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 84.