Jackson William Joyner Jr
MilitaryAssigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14043566 / O-801602
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbus, MS | 18 December 1917 | Son of Jackson William Snr & Mary Jane Joyner. |
Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 23 March 1943 | Fort McClellan Alabama |
Died |
Casalnuovo Monterataro, Italy | 15 August 1944 | Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Union Cemetery, Bolivar, TN | Union Cemetery Bolivar, Hardeman County, TN | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
Sterparone | 15 August 1944 | Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Birmingham, AL | Training - Southern airways. Birmingham, AL. |
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