Eugene Maxwell Gallup
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 51444 - Sgt Eugene M Gallup, 578BS, 392BG
Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Leipheim, due to mechanical failure, B-24 41-28688 could not maintain formation or altitude. Baled out around Freiburg. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4362.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807728
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Logan, IA | 25 November 1918 | Son of Dale Eugene and Daisy Fona [Farris] Gallup. |
|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 14 October 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
|
Died Killed in action |
Freiburg, Germany | 24 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Leipheim, due to mechanical failure, B-24 41-28688 could not maintain formation or altitude. Baled out around Freiburg. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4362. |
| Logan, Iowa | |||
|
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot K Row 18 Grave 29 | |
|
Based |
Wendling | 24 April 1944 | Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945; (Cites as being in the 447th Bomb Group but cannot be confirmed).
ABMC, MACR 4362 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4362 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
