Julius Lemeul Kleiman
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action while serving as a Ball Turret gunner aboard B-17 41-9074, 97BG/340BS 7-Sep-42 on mission to Rotterdam, Holland. Sgt. Kleinman was the only KIA on the aircraft which returned with battle damage to Polebrook. 8 other crewmen returned uninjured.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 September 1942
- Official Description:
Events
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Born |
Staten Island, New York | 7 August 1922 | Born Staten Island, New York |
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Enlisted |
New York City New York | 12 September 1940 | Enlisted New York City New York |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Rotterdam, Holland | 7 September 1942 | Killed in Action (KIA) Rotterdam, Holland |
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Buried |
Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, New Jersey | 1 January 1948 | Re-Interred Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery Arneytown, Burlington County, New Jersey |
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 21-Oct-2014. 'Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces' Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces p. 31