Joe Henry Gray Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 68244 - Capt Joe H. Gray Jr
Assigned to 342BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-Oct-42 in B-17 41-24441 'Francis X' while serving as Navigator. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12029080 at enlistment, then O-435706
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Intelligence, S-2 Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19013914
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11023751 / O-437899
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12025350
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tallahassee, Florida | 19 December 1918 | BornTallahassee, Florida |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benning, Georgia | 29 July 1940 | EnlistedFort Benning, Georgia |
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Other Changed Speciality |
East St Louis, Missouri | 15 December 1940 | Washed out of pilot training, changed training stream to Navigator.East St Louis, Missouri |
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Other Commissioned |
Miami, Florida | 1 February 1941 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 21 October 1942 | Aircraft lost near Lorient, France. Circumstances unknown. Jis remains have never been recovered. |
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Died Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton,Cambridge, UK | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, Cambs, UK |
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Buried Memorialised |
Oakland Cemetery Tallahassee, Florida | 1 January 1948 | MemorialisedOakland CemeteryTallahassee, Florida |
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 38