Lawrence Leroy Dube

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Henry Seaver Caballero

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32456949
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

George William Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Elwin Walter McMahon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11085076
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Donald McClure Reid

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16084794
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

James Vernon Richardson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20360907 at enlistment, then O-795829
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3437

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas 28 March 1920

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 15 September 1943 in the crash of B-17 # 42-3437, near St Germain-en-Laye, France
Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas

Buried

initially buried at Viroflay, France

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery after the war his remains were returned to the USA, where he rests at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis, Missouri

Revisions

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WWII Draft card
VA Gravesite Locator

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MACR 726

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database