Gus Palmer Sr
Military
Object Number - UPL 44013 - Waist gunner Sgt Gus Palmer alongside, fellow citizen of the Kiowa nation, Horace Poolaw at McDill AAF.
Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME (2 battle stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Anadarko, OK | 1 January 1919 | Son of William 'Choctaw Bill' and Clara Mary [Mopope] Palmer. |
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Enlisted |
20 April 1944 | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Anadarko, Caddo County, OK | 18 November 2006 | |
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Buried |
Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie, Caddo County, OK | 21 November 2006 | Carnegie Cemetery Carnegie, Caddo County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
