William Leroy Mushrush
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Class Book Research Project
Object Number - UPL 64100 - 1st Lt William L. Mushrush
Assigned to 394FS, 367FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recce in the Verneuil area, France in P-38 42-68106. Lost in bad weather 12 miles north-west of Etretat. Believed to have crashed in the Baie de la Seine. 20-Jul-44 Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 367th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Steubenville, Ohio | 20 September 1921 | Born Steubenville, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
Wheeling, West Virginia | 20 June 1942 | Enlisted Wheeling, West Virginia |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Baie de la Seine, France | 20 July 1944 | Baie de la Seine |
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Buried Memorialised |
Union Cemetery Steubenville, Ohio | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised Union Cemetery Steubenville, Ohio |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France |
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