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SSGT Joy Lavonne Bedwell
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SSGT Joy Lavonne Bedwell Veteran

Birth
Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Death
19 Feb 1944 (aged 23)
At Sea
Monument
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID
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Father James Monroe Bedwell (1882-1921)
Mother Olive Mae Waldie (1882-1973)
Spouse Annie Louise Moore (1918-1988)
Service No. (ASN): 18039748

Killed in action during World War II. Served as a Gunner with the 446th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, 12th Air Force. Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. Name on the Tablets of the Missing.(Lost in the Tyrrhenian Sea}
Member of 1LT Harold R Brellenthin, Crew
Other crew members:
2LT Robert P Burgess, Co-Pilot
SSGT William W Parrish, Bombardier
SSGT John F Motika, Engineer-Gunner
TSGT Charles Kendall, Radio-Gunner
SSGT Charles H Blake,, Photographer

Unit 446th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, Medium
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered the service from Texas.
Date of Death February 19 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Recipient of the Air Medal
Father James Monroe Bedwell (1882-1921)
Mother Olive Mae Waldie (1882-1973)
Spouse Annie Louise Moore (1918-1988)
Service No. (ASN): 18039748

Killed in action during World War II. Served as a Gunner with the 446th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, 12th Air Force. Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. Name on the Tablets of the Missing.(Lost in the Tyrrhenian Sea}
Member of 1LT Harold R Brellenthin, Crew
Other crew members:
2LT Robert P Burgess, Co-Pilot
SSGT William W Parrish, Bombardier
SSGT John F Motika, Engineer-Gunner
TSGT Charles Kendall, Radio-Gunner
SSGT Charles H Blake,, Photographer

Unit 446th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, Medium
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered the service from Texas.
Date of Death February 19 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Recipient of the Air Medal

Inscription

S SGT 446 BOMB SQ 321 BOMB GP(M)




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  • Maintained by: Paula and Dale
  • 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/56306417/joy_lavonne-bedwell: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Joy Lavonne Bedwell (6 May 1920–19 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56306417, citing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Paula and Dale (contributor 46489742).