Charles H Wilton
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssociated person record.
T/Sgt, 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Reinterred in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.
Richmond, WA
Transferred from the 34th BG in Blythe, CA when the 533rd BS was activated 3-Jan-1943.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32357326
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31173170
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32425907
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37379755
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33119478
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Dakota, USA | 11 November 1914 | |
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA | 8 April 1942 | |
Based |
Ridgewell | 5 June 1943 - 23 June 1943 | |
Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England - Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline explosion |
Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
Buried |
San Bruno, California, USA | Golden Gate National Cemetery Plot B Grave 766-G |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia