Emory Absolem Fry Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 81TCS, 436TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return(FTR) day 3 of Operation Market Garden in glider CG-4A 43-19797; Cut loose from tow A/C or tow rope broke in vicinity of Ghent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15332
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: CG-4A Haig
- Unit: 436th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portsmouth, OH | 28 February 1912 | Son of Emory Absolem Fry Sr. |
Died |
Vicinity of Ghent. | 19 September 1944 | Failed to Return(FTR) day 3 of Operation Market Garden in glider CG-4A 43-19797; Cut loose from tow A/C or tow rope broke in vicinity of Ghent. KIA MACR 15332 |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | 20 September 1944 | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D, Row 31, Grave 14 |
Based |
Membury | 19 September 1944 | Assigned to 81TCS, 436TCG, 9AF USAAF. |