Gabriel A Marquez
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43 in B-24 41-23832 'Maggie'; hit by flak in the target area, lost altitude and fell out of the formation, attacked by fighters. Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585
Marquez is listed as dying of wounds by NARA and the Lundy account cites drowning or dying of exposure in the rough, cold North Atlantic.
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-404099
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alamosa, CO | 27 January 1921 | Son of Joseph F and Amalia Marie [Cordova] Marquez. |
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Enlisted |
Colorado | 22 August 1940 | Colorado |
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Died |
Vicinity of Alte Mellum Island | 22 March 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43; Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585 |
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Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, CO | Re-Interred Mount Olivet Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 22 March 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15585, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 92 by Bishop & Hey, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 60-61 by Will Lundy National WWII Monument web site