Jackson Palmer Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: 2Lt Alvin Determan, 2Lt Ervin Pfahler, 2Lt Jackson Palmer, 1Lt Lamar Ledbetter.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Milton Hendrickson, Sgt Robert Asman, Sgt Manuel Vasquez, Sgt Acel Livingston, Sgt Wayne Cope, Sgt Albert Carroccia.
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340
Awards: AM, 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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17079318 / O-753987
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Leipzig, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340 |
Buried |
Beucha, Germany | 30 May 1944 | Interred Beucha cemetery |
Born |
Washington DC | Son of Jackson Sr and Caroline B Palmer. | |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot N, Row 22, Grave 14 | |
Westchester County, NY, USA | |||
Based |
Molesworth | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | New York City, New York |
Revisions
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
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Merged information from duplicate entry to include details from:
MACR 5340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Correction to surname and suffix.
Updates to biography from details at :
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5340