Henry E. Erwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 08-May-1921
Place of Birth: Adamsville, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jan-2002
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Henry E. Erwin
- Henry Eugene "Red" Erwin, Sr., (May 8, 1921 – January 16, 2002) was a United States Army Air Forces airman and a recipient of the U.S.
- military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
- He earned the award as a staff sergeant and radio operator aboard a B-29 Superfortress in the Asia-Pacific theater.
- During a 1945 bombing mission over Koriyama, Japan, a white phosphorus bomb prematurely ignited in his aircraft and seriously wounded him.
- As smoke filled the plane, he picked up the burning device and carried it through the aircraft to the cockpit where he tossed it out a window.
- Although he suffered severe burns, he successfully saved his plane and all crew members aboard by disposing of the incendiary/smoke-generating bomb.
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