Wallace Michael Clayton

Military

Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Bill Bullock crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Moravska Ostrova 29-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6359; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Zlin, Czech; MACR 8083. Prisoner of War (POW)


Awards: AM, PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

20th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

2nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Cobb Bullock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 14137158 / O-813654
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6359

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag IX-C

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 9C

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisiana 4 March 1921 Louisiana

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag IX, Bad Sulza, Germany 29 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag IX, Bad Sulza, Germany

Died

Malakoff, Texas 11 September 1995 DiedMalakoff, Texas

Buried

Houston National Cemetery Houston, Texas 14 September 1995 InterredHouston National CemeteryHouston, Texas

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/30360790/wallace-m-clayton-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/723586672/clayton-wallace-m-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.fold3.com/record/701347002/blank-us-wwii-hospital-admission-card-files-1942-1954

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/498211/wallace-michael-clayton