Donald Lee Beals
Military
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Object Number - UPL 55111 - 1st Lt Donald L Beals, 48FG.
Assigned to 494FS, 48FG, 9AF USAAF. Armed recce in the Dresden area, Germany in P-47 42-28372 17-Apr-45; shot down by flak while strafing aircraft parked on the ground close to an airfield. Crashed near Lonnewitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14387
Awards: DFC, AM (7OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brookings County, SD | 27 September 1923 | Son of Daniel L and Clara R [Eberlein] Beals. |
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Died |
17 April 1945 | ||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | 17 October 2016 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 60 Grave 11368 |
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets Of The Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Based |
Ibsley | 17 April 1945 | Assigned to 494FS, 48FG, 9AF USAAF. |
