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Eugene
Dillow
DNB (1944)
April 18, 1918

–

April 4, 1944

Born:

Cobden

, 

Illinois

Home:

Cobden

, 

Illinois

Eugene Dillow became a World War II Marine Corps ACE, credited with shooting down SIX enemy aircraft in aerial combat. He was killed in an air crash over North Carolina on April 4, 1944.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Heroes U.S. Marine Corps 1861 – 1955 (Jane Blakeney)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Eugene Dillow (MCSN: 0-11811), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane in Marine Fighting Squadron TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (VMF-221), in actions against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.