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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Walter Behm. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. Walter Behm was crew chief of WD-I which was flown by both Capt. Robert Mabie and Maj. George Carpenter.
Died 15 January 1980
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Second Lieutenant Anthony McInerney. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 March 1980
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First Lieutenant Herman Graf. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 March 1980
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First Lieutenant Montgomery Givens. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Pr
Died 1 April 1980
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Private First Class William Adams. MOS 237, Teletype Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Promoted from Private to Private First Class on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 1 March 1945.
Died 14 May 1980
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Brigadier General Ezekiel Napier. Commanding Officer, 489th Bomb Group. AM
Died 11 August 1980
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Virginia Irwin. , . In (her own?) words from her standard biography after the war for the St Louis Post-Dispatch: 'Virginia Irwin joined the Post-Dispatch staff in 1932 as a file clerk in the reference room. Soon she was contributing small articles
Died 19 August 1980
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Second Lieutenant Donald Vulgamore. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group.
Died 20 August 1980
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Milton Schlueter. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 August 1980
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Lieutenant Colonel William O'Regan. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU training, assigned to 71S, transfer to 334th FS, 4th FG, 334 FS 16-9-42 / 7-10-43, Designated Flight Commander B
Died 10 October 1980
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Colonel Arthur Pierce. Commander - 466th Bomb Group, 466th Bomb Group. Between 31 March 1942 and 1 February 1943, Pierce was promoted 4 times, from 1LT to full Colonel. BRIGADIER GENERAL ARTHUR J. PIERCE Retired June 01,1966 Died November 28,1980
Died 28 November 1980
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Major Vance Elliott. Group Surgeon, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 December 1980
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Vern Rhoades. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 1980
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Brigadier General Frederic Gray. Commanding Officer, 78th Fighter Group. Frederic C. Gray was born in 1911 near Palestine, Texas. He attended Rising Star High School and graduated in 1931 from Abilene Christian College with a bachelor of arts degree. Af
Died 7 December 1980
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Captain Adrian Poletti. Chaplain, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Catholic. He married about seventy soldiers of the 306th and attached units. He was ordained a priest on 28 April 1934. He was assigned to the 306th on 08 October 1942. Presidentia
Died 24 December 1980
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