Harry Wesley Casey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J Bookout, Charles A Piper.
Front L-R: Harry W Casey, Chester Broyles Jr, Perry Wharton.
Object Number - UPL 47498 - B-24 42-7556, 579BS, 392BG, 8th AF. Joe Higgins Jr crew. Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J...
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-28676. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH.
Connections
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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: 389th Bomb Group 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11065707 / O-797531
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 21 August 1915 | Son of Emmett Ray and Elizabeth [McWhirter] Casey. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 19 January 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Dümmer, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-28676. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Fayette County, PA, USA | ||
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Based |
Hethel | 29 April 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot A Row 39 Grave 23 | |
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Buried |
Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery McClellandtown, Fayette County, PA | Memorialised Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4494 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database