MEN IN SERVICE
Henry D. Faller, son of Mrs. Katherine Faller, 2115 S. Henry Street, has been promoted to the rank of private first class and assigned to the army air forces technical training command at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is training as a radio operator-mechanic.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, April 16, 1943
MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE
Private First Class Hank D. Faller, son of Mrs. Katherine Faller, 2115 S. Henry street, has been graduated from the radio technical school, army air base, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, August 10, 1943
Sgt. “Hinie” Faller Awarded Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster
T. Sgt. Henry (“Hinie”) D. Faller, former radio operator on a B-24 and a prisoner of the Germans since June 23, 1944, has been awarded the air medal and oak leaf cluster for bravery in action, his mother, Mrs. Katherine Faller, 815 S. Helen street, has learned. The medal, which was received by Faller for participation in several aerial missions over enemy occupied Europe, has been presented to his wife, Mrs. Arnella Faller, of Hinsdale, Ill. His family recently saw a photo of T. Sgt. Faller in a prisoner of war film shown by the Paramount newsreel. A brother, Cpl. Lawrence J. Faller, stationed in Italy since October, also was awarded the purple heart recently.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 1, 1945 (photo included)
SIOUX CITYAN IN NAZI PRISON CAMP
Sgt. Henry D. Faller, son of Mrs. Katherine Faller, 815 S. Helen street, is pictured at the right, above, in German prison camp Stalag Luft 3. The picturer, which was taken from a newsreel entitled Hitler’s Gang, was reported to have been Nazi film captured by the Yanks. Sgt. Faller is a member of the Eighth air force, and was captured on June 23, 1944. His mother reported that his family hears from him frequently.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 13, 1945 (photo included)
Henry Douglas Faller was born Sept. 19, 1920 to Henry D. and Katherine Klein Faller. He died June 11, 2006 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, MI.
Source: ancestry.com
