Daniel Barnette Deason
MilitaryShot down 20 July 1944 in AC #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated. Honorably discharged 4 September 1945.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37178141
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
22 December 1922 | in Kentucky, the son of Thomas T. and Velva Deason | |
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Enlisted |
16 November 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana | |
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Other force-landed |
20 July 1944 | in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, Holland | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 July 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow (Tychowo). | |
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Died |
27 December 1999 | ||
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Enlisted |
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Buried |
Daniel Deason rests at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Indiana |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
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Sources
MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database