Walter Floyd Gendron
MilitaryAssigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. Killed in Action (KIA) 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069264 / O-806914
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA | 12 July 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Manchester, NH, USA | 6 October 1942 | |
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Died |
NE of Picauville, France | 6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day drop, after being hit by flak in C-47 42-100819. Crashed NE of Picauville. KIA 6-Jun-44. MACR 7133. |
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Buried |
NE of Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Interred Field burial |
| Nashua, NH, USA | |||
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Based |
Upottery | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
2040 Wellwood Ave, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA Buried alongside T/5 John L Davis and Pvt Hugh F Williams, of the 101st Airborne Division. |