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T/Sgt. Donald Pelletier
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T/Sgt. Donald Pelletier Veteran

Birth
Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Death
30 Dec 1944 (aged 26)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing - Army
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Donald served as a Technical Sergeant on B-17G (#43-38190), 861st Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on January 7, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.

Donald was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 collided with another B-17 and crashed into the English Channel during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 31037733

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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The other airmen lost on this flight:

Beaudoin, Roland A., S/Sgt, Connecticut
Beba, Donald L., S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Fuchs, Glenward S., Jr., S/Sgt, Indiana
Minor, Sidney W., T/Sgt, Georgia
Pelletier, Donald, T/Sgt, Maine

( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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Donald served as a Technical Sergeant on B-17G (#43-38190), 861st Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on January 7, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.

Donald was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 collided with another B-17 and crashed into the English Channel during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Service # 31037733

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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The other airmen lost on this flight:

Beaudoin, Roland A., S/Sgt, Connecticut
Beba, Donald L., S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Fuchs, Glenward S., Jr., S/Sgt, Indiana
Minor, Sidney W., T/Sgt, Georgia
Pelletier, Donald, T/Sgt, Maine

( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293258/donald-pelletier: accessed ), memorial page for T/Sgt. Donald Pelletier (12 Apr 1918–30 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56293258, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).