William Russell Harry

Military

Seven men, wearing dress Air Force uniform, posed in front of a building. Four men standing to the rear and three men kneeling in front. All the men have Purple Heart medals pinned to their jacket left lapel

UPL 66131 UPL 66131 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R: Charles C. Carlin, Bruce T. Haley, Wilbert Y K Yee. William Harry (546th) and Ivan Rice (546th) were wounded on 30 July 1943 flying 42-5848 "Patches". They made it home, but the aircraft was shot up so badly it would be scrapped. Ed Goulder (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5849 "Hell's Belles II". Carlin (546th) and Yee (546th) were wounded on the 17 August 1943 Schweinfurt mission on 42-30196 "Sad Sack" with the James Armstrong Crew. Dacus (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5843 “Black Ghost" with the Pulcipher Crew. Haley (547th) was wounded on 12 August 1943 on 42-29768 "Winsome Winn II" with the Willing Crew.
The location where this photo was taken as in front of the Foxy Theatre at Grafton Underwood.

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Grafton Underwood William Russell Harry Ivan Luther Rice Judson L Dacus Charles C Carlin Bruce Thomas Haley Wilbert Y K Yee Edmund Samuel Goulder On

Object Number - UPL 66131 - 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R:...

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29800 'Me and My Gal'. Prisoner of War (POW). Stayed in the Air Force after the war and served in Korea. He ended his military career as a Lt Colonel in the USAF.

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Howard David Parks

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39311920
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ivan Luther Rice

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16059741 and O-738249
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward F Simpson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12081987
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Thomas Brooks Wheeler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38082954
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight engineer/top turret gunner

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Pennsylvania, United States	29 May 1921
Enlisted	Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States	17 February 1941	as a Private in the Cavalry...
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	14 October 1943	Captured. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to military control 25 January 1946"...
Died	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States	13 April 1994
	Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Buried	Ft Sam Houston Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Date17 Jan 2020 21:54:08

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Removed a space(s) in the "Summary biography" for readability.

Date29 Oct 2015 15:57:45

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MACR 840
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:38

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 840 / MACR 840, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database