William Robert MARKS

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE16034523
AGE21 yo
DATE OF BIRTH12 February 1921 WISCONSIN
ENLISTMENT STATE ILLINOIS
FAMILY

Parents : James Edward & Lillian Eveline Yetterberg MARKS

Siblings : George Arnold & Donald Roger

RANK
Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT Semiskilled welders and flame cuttersIL
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 26 August 1941 Chicago ILLINOIS
 SQUADRON401st Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP91st Bomber Group, Heavy 
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH30 December 1942

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHoff Portsall FINISTÈRE
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-10-BO - s/n 41-24449 LL*B

"Short Snorter"

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Macr : 3265
Mission: Base sous-marine Lorient
Takeoff station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Hunted down

 
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 Air-Force Gunner Wings

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 Aerial Gunner Badge

 

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STORY
 

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Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type F-10-BO - s/n 41-24449 LL*B

"Short Snorter"

 

1Lt William Denton BLOODGOOD Pilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-437936 - AM/PH - Scarsdale, New York
1Lt Cecil Ramon TABOR CoPilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-661890 - AM/PH - Buffalo, Oklahoma
1Lt Frank Thomas DREISBACH Navigator Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-659878 - AM/PH - Lyndon, Kentucky
T/Sgt Willy Herbert Werner ZEECK Mecanicien/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 19055235 - AM/PH - Somers, Montana
T/Sgt William Henry STEELE Radio/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 34130601 - AM/PH - Itta Dona, Mississippi
S/Sgt Donald VELASQUEZ Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 39678642 - AM/PH - Gooding, Idaho
T/Sgt Hubert Bryan BUCHANAN Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 38036362 - AM/PH - DeLeon, Texas
S/Sgt Arden Grant GEARHART Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 36158156 - AM/PH - Three Rivers, Michigan
S/Sgt William Robert MARKS Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 16034523 - AM/PH - Rockford, Illinois
1Lt William St-John CHUBB Bomber Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-660329 - AM/PH - New York, New York
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net  - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - Fold3
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