Don Allen Gallagher
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 68393
UPL 68393
2nd Lt Don A. Gallagher
Don Allen Gallagher
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Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Suffered mechanical problems and then shot down by flak on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17 42-30226 'Spook #5', Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675591
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook V
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Freeport, Illinois | 13 February 1924 | BornFreeport, Illinois |
Enlisted |
Fort Sheridan, Illinois | 11 January 1943 | EnlistedFort Sheridan, Illinois |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lutrebois, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Lutrebois, Belgium |
Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredHenri-Chapelle American Cemetery and MemorialLiege, Belgium |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2256 / MACR 2256, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database