Veterans' Memorial Project

Theodore Paul Deffner

Buckley, IL

World War II

College: Liberal Arts & Sciences

Graduation Year: Attended 1939

Service Branch: Air Force

Rank: First Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 09/11/1919

Date of Death: 04/30/1943

Lt. Deffner served with the 515th Bomber Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, Heavy. He is listed as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea on the Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia. He was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.

-taken from Web site above and University records

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