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Oct 31, 1918 Aurora, Illinois, United States Died on 20 Feb 1944 (aged 25)
Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
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About Walter E. Truemper
- Walter Edward Truemper (October 31, 1918 – February 20, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer in World War II and a recipient of the U.S.
- military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
- He and his crewmate, Staff Sergeant Archibald Mathies, were posthumously awarded the medal for attempting to save the life of their wounded pilot by staying aboard and trying to land their damaged aircraft.
- Truemper, Mathies, and the pilot were killed when the aircraft crashed following a third unsuccessful landing attempt.
