Fred C. Duzan, Jr. was born in Greenfield, Indiana.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Duzan.  He graduated from the Fortville High School, and then entered the service on 12 June 1941.  He shipped overseas on New Year’s Day 1944 and was assigned to the 765th Bomber Squadron of the 461st Bomber Group based in Italy.  He served as a waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress.  In his last letter home, Fred said that he had completed 47 missions and had only three more to go before he could return home.  On 25 July 1944, his bomber was on a mission to Linz, Austria when it was attacked by enemy aircraft.  It was last seen crashing to the ground in flames near the target, and Fred’s body was recovered after the war.  Fred was 24 years old.
Information from the Hancock Democrat of 7 September 1944, 23 August 1945, and 8 November 1945, courtesy of Erwin Derhaag