Eldon Russell Personette
Military ROLL OF HONOURMACR for B-24J 42-50467
Assigned to the 701st Bombardment Squadron (H) in September 1944 as a Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA) 26 November 1944 in B-24 #42-50467 (WV✪W) of the 702nd Bombardment Squadron (H). AM*, PH.
*General Orders #308, Headquarters, 2nd Bombardment Division, 17 November 1944.
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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-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spencer Brook, Minnesota, USA | 22 October 1924 | Birth Name: Irvin Russell Personett; Parents: Irvin Rusell Personett, Sr. and Effie A. Boden |
Other Name Change |
Minnesota, USA | 27 July 1942 | Changed name from Irvin Russell Personett to Eldon Russell Personette |
Other Award |
17 November 1944 | Air Medal (G.O. #308, Headquarters, 2nd Bombardment Division, 17 November 1944) | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hanover, Germany | 26 November 1944 | Aboard B-24J-401-CF #42-50467 (WV✪W) |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery | 26 April 1950 | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
Enlisted |
Inducted (drafted) into the U.S. Army Air Corps |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44, MACR 11214, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database