Lewis Earl DeVoe
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 63463 - S/Sgt Lewis E. DeVoe
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-37802, Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20708307 / O-798500
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Byron, Washington | 5 October 1919 | Born Byron, Washington |
|
Enlisted |
Tacoma, Washington | 6 August 1942 | Enlisted Tacoma, Washington |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea |
|
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, UK | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289105/lewis-earl-de_voe
MACR 1390 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons pg 81 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
