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Ebey, Frank Ward

Date of birth:
September 18th, 1907 (Kansas, United States)
Date of death:
January 28th, 1970 (Santa Monica/California, United States)
Buried on:
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Plot: VI. Row: B. Grave: 86.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Frank Ebey was the first American who was credited with downing a Japanese warplane.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded for:
Operation Z (1941)
For wounds sustained duing the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor
Purple Heart

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