U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #14124924
Entered the Service from: South Carolina
429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Rex D. Power is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Laurens County, South Carolina.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Rick Shirley Find A Grave ID 50718313 for adding his photo to this memorial***
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Staff Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Tail Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress
#42-29903 "High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M Doolittle, Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D. Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #14124924
Entered the Service from: South Carolina
429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Rex D. Power is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Laurens County, South Carolina.
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Rick Shirley Find A Grave ID 50718313 for adding his photo to this memorial***
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Staff Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Tail Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress
#42-29903 "High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M Doolittle, Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D. Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
Bio by: Tim Cook
Gravesite Details
He was shot down over the Mediterranean Sea. He , his comrades, or his plane were never found.Entered the service from Laurens, South Carolina.
Family Members
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Abner Ozell Powers
1904–1936
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Alica Lucia Powers
1906–1909
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James Thomas "J.T." Powers
1907–1960
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William Ray Power
1909–1956
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Infant Son Powers
1912–1912
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Fleming Alga Powers
1913–1993
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Infant Boy Powers
1916–1916
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Mary Ethel Power Armstrong
1917–2004
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Dora Mae Powers Armstrong
1920–1993
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Thurman Wilson Power
1924–1992
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Lidia Corrine Powers Martin
1926–2010
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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