Donald Byers Murray
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
2nd Murray, Herrin, Benward, Spatz
Just after 1st mission over Germany
Information from John Houston's family
Object Number - UPL 26851 - 1st row Sullivan, Scruggs, Houston, Lundberg 2nd Murray, Herrin, Benward, Spatz Just after 1st mission over Germany
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Mechanical failure caused force landing in wheat field in B-17 44-6148 'Smashin Thru' crashed after take off due to mech failures. A/C exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) 13-Jul-44. No MACR
Awards: 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner, Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32073896 / O-757387
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35589038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676081
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 19 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vancouver, Canada | 21 April 1920 | Son of Byers 'Bill' and Alma Pearl 'Ellis] Murray. |
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Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA | 2 February 1943 | Tacoma, Washington |
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Other Killed in action |
Vicinity of Great Yeldham | 13 July 1944 | Mechanical failure caused force landing in wheat field in B-17 44-6148 'Smashin Thru' crashed after take off due to mech failures. A/C exploded. KIA 13-Jul-44. |
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Buried |
14 July 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
| Skagit County, WA | |||
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE | Re-Interred Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, NE Section F, Site 1204 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia