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Home State
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Year of Birth
1918 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SFC Ken Logue-Deceased
to remember
Howard, Gerald V., Jr., 1LT.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
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Casualty Date
Jun 06, 1944 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
France |
Conflict
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord/D-Day Beach Landings - Operation Neptune |
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Normandy, France |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot B, Row 42, Grave 53 |
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Last Known Activity
On 6 June 1944, crew and passengers of a C-47 (tail Number 42-100905), 495th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, 9th US Air Force departed England en route to the unit deployment over France on D-Day, took off from AAF Station 463 in Exeter, Devon, England to drop at 0140 over Albany. . This was "Chalk 15".
22 of these men were lost when the aircraft was shot down over
Crew:
Pilot 1st Lt Ray B. Pullen
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt John M. Greeley
C/Chief SSgt Finney W. Gordon
Radio SSgt Sidney H. Saltzman
Parachutists:
Co "I" 3/506th PIR 101st A/B Div.
1st Lt Gerald V. Howard Jr.
Sgt Robert L. Todd
T/4 John T. Bray Jr.
Cpl Donald E. Bignall
Cpl Marvin M. Stallings
T/5 Orville Vanderpool
Pfc Gilbert Amabisco
Pfc Richard L. Calhoon
Pfc Warren K. Carney
Pfc John J. Kittia
Pfc William E. Olson
Pvt James J. Farrel
Pvt Frederick P. Smith
Pvt Paul J. Weber
Pvt Howard Phillips
Pvt Glen L. Weirich
Pvt Clarence M. Wright
Pvt John A. Wright
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