Donald L Marx
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/424BS while serving as Tail Gunner The aircraft was shot down near Texel Island, Holland en-route to bomb the railraod marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany.
Purple Heart
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | His body was found in the sea near Huisduinen |
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Born |
Wabash County, Illinois | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot J, Row 3, Grave 5. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Added SN per MACR 16102.
Death and Burial details update from:
http://www.findagrave.com
and
http://www.airmen.dk
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Also deleted erroneous duplicate entry for 'Donald l. Max'
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p. 88, MACR 16102 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia