David Monroe Guyre

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Suffered mechanical failure on Linz mission 25-Nov-44; crashed Iesi due to ground haze and late lighting of flare path; MACR 7536. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, MO 12 April 1918 Son of Hesley D and Sarah Guyre.

Enlisted

Portland, OR 13 September 1943 Portland, Oregon

Died

Iesi, Italy 25 November 1944 Suffered mechanical failure on Linz mission 25-Nov-44; crashed Iesi due to ground haze and late lighting of flare path; MACR 7536. Killed in Action (KIA)

Based

Lucera 25 November 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 15 Grave 48
Denver, CO Draft registration - NoK: Wife Doris Katherine Guyre. Residing Denver, CO

Other

Entered Service

Entered service from Laramie County, WY.