Clarence F Palmeter
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107089, Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
Staff Sergeant Clarence F. Palmeter was born July 20, 1926. His next of kin were his wife, Gloria Palmeter, and his parents, Charles and Gertrude Palmeter. He was from Camden, New York.
On May 12, 1944, weeks before his 18th birthday, he was serving as the Right Waist Gunner aboard B-17 tail #42-107089 of the 452nd Bomb Group, 728th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Budesheim, Germany.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Born |
West Islip, New York, USA | 20 July 1926 | Staff Sergeant Clarence F. Palmeter was born July 20, 1926. His next of kin were his wife, Gloria Palmeter, and his parents, Charles and Gertrude Palmeter. He was from Camden, New York. |
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Died |
12 May 1944 | ||
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Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 | On May 12, 1944, weeks before his 18th birthday, he was serving as the Right Waist Gunner aboard B-17 tail #42-107089 of the 452nd Bomb Group, 728th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Budesheim, Germany. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
ABMC, MACR 4780 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4780 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database