Leroy Edward Wetzel
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 30588 - Staff Sergeant Leroy E Wetzel , 457th Bomb Group, 749th Bomb Squadron
Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15383237 / O-819789
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Half ‘n Half | Arf ‘n Arf
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Akron, Ohio, USA | 2 July 1925 | |
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Died |
English Channel | 8 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Glatton | 8 November 1944 | Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
100 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH 44319, USA | Memorialised Holy Cross Cemetery Akron Summit County, OH |
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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 10344 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10344 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
