Darrell Herrert Argubright
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60914 - 2nd Lt Darrell H. Argubright
Assigned to 610BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Kiel, Germany; bailed out over Baltic Sea when smoke started in fuselage, fire put out and ship returned home 30-Aug-44.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Luxembourg American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ogden, Utah | 24 March 1919 | Born Ogden, Utah |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco California | 15 July 1942 | Enlisted San Francisco California |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Baltic Sea | 30 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Baltic Sea |
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Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
Death and Burial details update from:
http://www.findagrave.com and http://www.airmen.dk
https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…
http://www.fold3.com/image/28664861/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak News April 2001, Combat Chronology 30 August 1944 MACR 8457
398th History, Vol II
