WORLD WAR II VET
Bombardier Lieutenant Killed in Action January 1
Lt. John E. "Jack" Gilligan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gilligan, 2708 Virginia Street, was killed in action January 1, in England, his parents have been informed by the war department. He was a bombardier with the Eighth air force based in England and whether he was starting or returning from a mission is not known.
This week his parents received a letter from him stating that their colonel had given a party at the base for all members of the lead bomber, of which he was bombardier. His father, a member of the 13th Engineers in the last world war, spent 23 months in France and was familiar with much of the territory over which Lt. Gilligan's squadron flew.
After enlisting January 31, 1943, Lt. Gilligan was first stationed at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and later Santa Ana, Ca. He received his gunnery wings at Kingman field, Ariz., and was commissioned on March 16, 1944, at Albuquerque, N.M. Following training at Boca Raton, Fla., he was sent overseas last October 1 and since then had been stationed at English bases.
Born September 21, 1923, in Sioux City, Lt. Gilligan attended Blessed Sacrament parochial school and was graduated from Trinity high school where he was active in student affairs. He was a sophomore at Trinity College before entering the service. For several years he was a Journal carrier and was listed as a junior merchant.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, Robert D. "Bob", petty officer third class, a radar man now based in England, and a sister, Joanne, at home. Sioux City Journal
Contributed by Tim Cook
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
Iowa, Births and Christenings Index
Name: John Edward Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Woodbury, Iowa
Father's Name: Chas Gilligan
Mother's name: Helen Gallagher
FHL Film Number: 1451576
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John E Gilligan
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1924
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Charles H Gilligan
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's name: Helen Gilligan
Mother's Birthplace: Nebraska
Household Members: Name Age
Charles H Gilligan 47
Helen Gilligan 38
John E Gilligan 6
Robert P Gilligan 4
Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: John E Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Death Date: 1 Jan 1945
Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Bombardier Lieutenant Killed in Action January 1
Lt. John E. "Jack" Gilligan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gilligan, 2708 Virginia Street, was killed in action January 1, in England, his parents have been informed by the war department. He was a bombardier with the Eighth air force based in England and whether he was starting or returning from a mission is not known.
This week his parents received a letter from him stating that their colonel had given a party at the base for all members of the lead bomber, of which he was bombardier. His father, a member of the 13th Engineers in the last world war, spent 23 months in France and was familiar with much of the territory over which Lt. Gilligan's squadron flew.
After enlisting January 31, 1943, Lt. Gilligan was first stationed at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and later Santa Ana, Ca. He received his gunnery wings at Kingman field, Ariz., and was commissioned on March 16, 1944, at Albuquerque, N.M. Following training at Boca Raton, Fla., he was sent overseas last October 1 and since then had been stationed at English bases.
Born September 21, 1923, in Sioux City, Lt. Gilligan attended Blessed Sacrament parochial school and was graduated from Trinity high school where he was active in student affairs. He was a sophomore at Trinity College before entering the service. For several years he was a Journal carrier and was listed as a junior merchant.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, Robert D. "Bob", petty officer third class, a radar man now based in England, and a sister, Joanne, at home. Sioux City Journal
Contributed by Tim Cook
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
Iowa, Births and Christenings Index
Name: John Edward Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Woodbury, Iowa
Father's Name: Chas Gilligan
Mother's name: Helen Gallagher
FHL Film Number: 1451576
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John E Gilligan
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1924
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Charles H Gilligan
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's name: Helen Gilligan
Mother's Birthplace: Nebraska
Household Members: Name Age
Charles H Gilligan 47
Helen Gilligan 38
John E Gilligan 6
Robert P Gilligan 4
Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: John E Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Death Date: 1 Jan 1945
Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Sioux City, Iowa
WORLD WAR II VET
Bombardier Lieutenant Killed in Action January 1
Lt. John E. "Jack" Gilligan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gilligan, 2708 Virginia Street, was killed in action January 1, in England, his parents have been informed by the war department. He was a bombardier with the Eighth air force based in England and whether he was starting or returning from a mission is not known.
This week his parents received a letter from him stating that their colonel had given a party at the base for all members of the lead bomber, of which he was bombardier. His father, a member of the 13th Engineers in the last world war, spent 23 months in France and was familiar with much of the territory over which Lt. Gilligan's squadron flew.
After enlisting January 31, 1943, Lt. Gilligan was first stationed at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and later Santa Ana, Ca. He received his gunnery wings at Kingman field, Ariz., and was commissioned on March 16, 1944, at Albuquerque, N.M. Following training at Boca Raton, Fla., he was sent overseas last October 1 and since then had been stationed at English bases.
Born September 21, 1923, in Sioux City, Lt. Gilligan attended Blessed Sacrament parochial school and was graduated from Trinity high school where he was active in student affairs. He was a sophomore at Trinity College before entering the service. For several years he was a Journal carrier and was listed as a junior merchant.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, Robert D. "Bob", petty officer third class, a radar man now based in England, and a sister, Joanne, at home. Sioux City Journal
Contributed by Tim Cook
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
Iowa, Births and Christenings Index
Name: John Edward Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Woodbury, Iowa
Father's Name: Chas Gilligan
Mother's name: Helen Gallagher
FHL Film Number: 1451576
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John E Gilligan
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1924
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Charles H Gilligan
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's name: Helen Gilligan
Mother's Birthplace: Nebraska
Household Members: Name Age
Charles H Gilligan 47
Helen Gilligan 38
John E Gilligan 6
Robert P Gilligan 4
Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: John E Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Death Date: 1 Jan 1945
Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Bombardier Lieutenant Killed in Action January 1
Lt. John E. "Jack" Gilligan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gilligan, 2708 Virginia Street, was killed in action January 1, in England, his parents have been informed by the war department. He was a bombardier with the Eighth air force based in England and whether he was starting or returning from a mission is not known.
This week his parents received a letter from him stating that their colonel had given a party at the base for all members of the lead bomber, of which he was bombardier. His father, a member of the 13th Engineers in the last world war, spent 23 months in France and was familiar with much of the territory over which Lt. Gilligan's squadron flew.
After enlisting January 31, 1943, Lt. Gilligan was first stationed at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and later Santa Ana, Ca. He received his gunnery wings at Kingman field, Ariz., and was commissioned on March 16, 1944, at Albuquerque, N.M. Following training at Boca Raton, Fla., he was sent overseas last October 1 and since then had been stationed at English bases.
Born September 21, 1923, in Sioux City, Lt. Gilligan attended Blessed Sacrament parochial school and was graduated from Trinity high school where he was active in student affairs. He was a sophomore at Trinity College before entering the service. For several years he was a Journal carrier and was listed as a junior merchant.
Surviving are his parents; a brother, Robert D. "Bob", petty officer third class, a radar man now based in England, and a sister, Joanne, at home. Sioux City Journal
Contributed by Tim Cook
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
Iowa, Births and Christenings Index
Name: John Edward Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Birth Place: Woodbury, Iowa
Father's Name: Chas Gilligan
Mother's name: Helen Gallagher
FHL Film Number: 1451576
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John E Gilligan
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1924
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Home in 1930: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Charles H Gilligan
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's name: Helen Gilligan
Mother's Birthplace: Nebraska
Household Members: Name Age
Charles H Gilligan 47
Helen Gilligan 38
John E Gilligan 6
Robert P Gilligan 4
Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
Name: John E Gilligan
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1923
Death Date: 1 Jan 1945
Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Sioux City, Iowa
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