Guy E Cole
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 6594 - 1Lt Guy E. Cole, Jr.
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Prum in B-17 #448355
In the Missing Air Crew Report for the aircraft (MACR 11119), Guy Cole's next of kin is listed as Mrs. Alicia E Cole of Cagnac, Puerto Rico.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rotan, TX 79546, USA | 22 August 1918 | Do not know why it showed Cagnac, Puerto Rico as birthplace. He was born in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, United States. |
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Died |
24 December 1944 | ||
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Buried |
1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | Initially was buried in Belgium. About 1947, there was re-interment at Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio TX in Section M site 64. Obituary at that time stated that he was married in Puerto Rico while training there and his wife still resided there. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Prüm, Germany | 24 December 1944 |
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Sources
Photograph of tombstone located at Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery Section M Site 64 and newspaper story on re-interment.
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11119 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
