Drexel Dean Sparks

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

UPL 60868 UPL 60868 1st Lt Drexel D Sparks

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Object Number - UPL 60868 - 1st Lt Drexel D Sparks

Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Lost aboard B-17 44-8237, nicknamed 'Dallas Dollie' on a training flight over the North sea. Killed in Service (KIS)

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

331st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

94th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Parnell, Missouri	30 January 1923	Born   Parnell, Missouri
Enlisted	Portland, Oregon	8 December 1942	Enlistment Portland, Oregon
Died	North Sea	31 May 1945	Died Lost over North Sea
Buried	Evergreen Memorial Park McMinnville, Oregon	1 January 1946	Memorialised Evergreen Memorial Park McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
Buried	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire		Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire