Lacy Claude Gilliam
Military
Added photo, cropped from the Heichel crew one
Object Number - UPL 20301 - Lacy C. Gilliam - England - 28 April 1945
Enlisting in the Air Corps in August 1943, Lacy Gilliam trained as a gunner and was sent overseas and assigned to the 491st Bomb Group / 854th Bomb Squadron in England. He was on board B-24 "Belle Ringer" # 42-51195 when it crash-landed in Belgium on return from the 14 March 1945 mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Gütersloh, Germany.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38554671
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13180874
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33801048
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Texas, United States | 1 February 1925 | the son of Adam and Florence Gilliam |
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Enlisted |
Miami Beach, Florida, United States | 5 August 1943 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Survived crash-landing |
near Florée, Belgium | 14 March 1945 | of B-24 # 42-51195 in Belgium |
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Died |
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, United States | 24 September 1953 | |
| Medina County, Texas, United States | |||
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Buried |
Hondo Cemetery, Hondo, Medina County, Texas, United States |
Revisions
Corrected first name : It's Lacy instead of Leroy...
NARA WWII Enlistments records
1940 US Census
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39868/m1/30/
Personal search on Lacy Gilliam (contacts with family)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history