Carnie served as a Technical Sergeant & Aerial Gunner on B-29 Superfortress #42-65295, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in McLennan County, Texas prior to the war.
Carnie B Hix had one year of college and was a hotel & restaurant Manager when he enlisted as a Private in the Army Air Corps on 15 Jan 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was 5 ft 8 inches in height, weighed 149, single and without dependents. His parents were Francis Gorham & Lula Lee Hix.
Carnie was "Killed In Action" when his B-29 was forced to leave formation when it was attacked by Japanese fighter planes while on a mission to bomb Nyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu, Japan during the war.
The B-29 was believed to have been hit by an aerial bomb and crashed in Karakama, Mobiki Village, Kimotsuki County, Kagoshima Prefecture. No parachutes were observed.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 18061877.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-65295:
Allain, Joseph V ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
Block, William R ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Wisconsin
Farber, Charles E ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Geer, Marvel L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Oregon
Hix, Carnie B ~ T/Sgt, Aerial Gunner, Texas
Middlemas, Robert C ~ Sgt, Aerial Gunner, New Jersey
Morrisroe, Robert G ~ Sgt, Aerial Gunner, New Jersey
Mueller, Emil W ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, New York
Plunge, Edward J ~ S/Sgt, Aerial Gunner, Connecticut
Sullivan, Edward J, Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Widows, Harry J ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Iowa
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Carnie served as a Technical Sergeant & Aerial Gunner on B-29 Superfortress #42-65295, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in McLennan County, Texas prior to the war.
Carnie B Hix had one year of college and was a hotel & restaurant Manager when he enlisted as a Private in the Army Air Corps on 15 Jan 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was 5 ft 8 inches in height, weighed 149, single and without dependents. His parents were Francis Gorham & Lula Lee Hix.
Carnie was "Killed In Action" when his B-29 was forced to leave formation when it was attacked by Japanese fighter planes while on a mission to bomb Nyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu, Japan during the war.
The B-29 was believed to have been hit by an aerial bomb and crashed in Karakama, Mobiki Village, Kimotsuki County, Kagoshima Prefecture. No parachutes were observed.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 18061877.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
Bio by:
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-65295:
Allain, Joseph V ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
Block, William R ~ M/Sgt, Engineer, Wisconsin
Farber, Charles E ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Pennsylvania
Geer, Marvel L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Oregon
Hix, Carnie B ~ T/Sgt, Aerial Gunner, Texas
Middlemas, Robert C ~ Sgt, Aerial Gunner, New Jersey
Morrisroe, Robert G ~ Sgt, Aerial Gunner, New Jersey
Mueller, Emil W ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, New York
Plunge, Edward J ~ S/Sgt, Aerial Gunner, Connecticut
Sullivan, Edward J, Jr. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Widows, Harry J ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Iowa
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TSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on August 8, 1949.
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