John Thomas Harwell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60800 - S/Sgt John T Harwell
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C damaged, machine gun fire from another B-17 20 May 1944 in B-17 42-97176. Plane ditched in Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Forsythe, Georgia | 19 January 1921 | Born Forsythe, Georgia |
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Enlisted |
Fort Jackson Columbia South Carolina | 17 September 1942 | Enlisted Fort Jackson Columbia South Carolina |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 20 May 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Lost in English Channel |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge, UK | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge, UK |
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Buried Memorialised |
Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina | Memorialised Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
