Name: Herbert F. Basener
Address: Thornton, Iowa.
Entered Service: November 3, 1942
Branch of Service: Air Corps.
Trained: Keesler Field, Mississippi; Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Laredo, Texas; Davis Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona.
Embarkation: March 23, 1944.
Returned: July 9, 1945.
Theatre of Operation: European.
Engagements: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe.
Awarded: European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal.
Discharged: Santa Ana, California, October 9, 1945.
Rank: Staff Sergeant.
Served: 35 months.
Civilian Occupation: Farming.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Basener.
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 8
