Eldwyn Elver Huse

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.
 Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges. As a Staff Sergeant it is also likely that he had earned the Army Good Conduct Medal.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
No  Application For Headstone or Marker, OQMG Form 623
Yes  Eyewitness Statement or Report
Yes Grave Marker Photo(s), Find A Grave
Yes National Archives Database, Enlistment Records
No Official Group, Squadron or Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)
Yes Photo of veteran, Find A Grave
Yes Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report Find A Grave
Yes WWII Draft Card Data
Yes WWII Hospital Admission Records - (Limited Report)

WWII Draft Card Data
Eldwyn Elver Huse
Race, Gender: White Male  -  Age: 30  -  Relationship to Draftee: Self
Birth Date: December 31, 1909  -  Birth Place: Lind, Adams County, Washington
Residence Place: Lind, Adams County, Washington
Registration Date: October 16, 1940  -  Registration Place: Washington State
Employer: J. W. Huse
Weight: 140  -  Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue   -  Hair Color: Brown  -  Height: 5' 9"
Next of Kin: Clella Jane Huse
Members of Household: Eldwyn Elver Huse, Self
Clella Jane Huse, Mother

Note 1: The death location, "In Lea County, New Mexico" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of S SG Huse, this location was validated on:

A. His Find A Grave obituary identifies his assigned unit as the 3017th AAF Base Unit, Hobbs AAFB NM.

B. At the time S SG Huse died, his aircraft, B-17F tail number 42-31006, was conducting flight training operations in and around Lea County, New Mexico on May 10, 1944.

C. Hospital Admission Records indicate that S SG Huse died of unspecified injuries as a result of an aircraft crash. The accident investigation listed the probable cause of the crash as a failure in the oxygen system.

D. Further information on Hobbs AAFB NM can be found at the Wikipedia website Hobbs Army Airfield, and the Internet Archive.org website "Keep 'Em Flying", The Story of the Hobbs Army Air Field.

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The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 2

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