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Jesse Gilmer Smith
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Jesse Gilmer Smith Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Sep 1943 (aged 20–21)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Son of Oscar Lameontine Smith who resided in Lexington, Georgia.

Jesse served as an Aviation Ordnanceman First Class on PBY4-1 #63925, Bombing Squadron 105, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Georgia prior to the war.

PBY4-1 #63925 was on a training flight and crashed at sea for an unknown reason South of Bude Bay, Cornwall, England during the war.

Jesse was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line of Duty" in this crash during the war.

His remains were not recovered.

Service # 2687124

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Navy airmen who perished on PBY4-1 #63925:

Brown, George W ~ LT(jg), Pilot, NM
Conlon, James J, Jr ~ AMM2c, MA
Friend, Thomas A ~ ACRM, Radio Operator, NY
Griese, Carl E ~ ARM3c, OH
Keenan, Raymond J ~ AMM3c, NY
Siens, Jack C ~ LT(jg), Co-Pilot, WV
Smith, Jesse G ~ AOM1c, GA
Whiting, Lester H ~ AMM2c, NY

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Son of Oscar Lameontine Smith who resided in Lexington, Georgia.

Jesse served as an Aviation Ordnanceman First Class on PBY4-1 #63925, Bombing Squadron 105, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Georgia prior to the war.

PBY4-1 #63925 was on a training flight and crashed at sea for an unknown reason South of Bude Bay, Cornwall, England during the war.

Jesse was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line of Duty" in this crash during the war.

His remains were not recovered.

Service # 2687124

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Navy airmen who perished on PBY4-1 #63925:

Brown, George W ~ LT(jg), Pilot, NM
Conlon, James J, Jr ~ AMM2c, MA
Friend, Thomas A ~ ACRM, Radio Operator, NY
Griese, Carl E ~ ARM3c, OH
Keenan, Raymond J ~ AMM3c, NY
Siens, Jack C ~ LT(jg), Co-Pilot, WV
Smith, Jesse G ~ AOM1c, GA
Whiting, Lester H ~ AMM2c, NY

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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