S/Sgt Wilburn W. Rozzell's remains were recovered in 2002, identified in 2006 and he now rests at the Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Oklahoma .
" click here" for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 15, 1946.
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Wilburn served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24D #42-40972, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Duncan, Oklahoma prior to the war.
Wilburn was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from Dobodura Airfield on an armed reconnaissance mission to shadow a ten vessel convoy off Kavieng, crashed near the village of Imon, roughly 45 miles north of Lae, during the war.
His B-24D #42-40972, in their last message, reported "Three direct hits on a CL [Light Cruiser] or CA [Heavy Cruiser], 0.3005 15100E target destroyed".
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18129869
His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing here at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
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Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40972:
Armacost, Arthur C, III ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH
Cameron, William C ~ S/Sgt, CA
Cisneros, Raymond S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Eppright, David R ~ 2nd Lt, MO
Feucht, Charles F ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Hafner, William M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, VA
Hill, Alfred W ~ T/Sgt, TX
Lascelles, James G ~ T/Sgt, NY
Rozzell, Wilburn W ~ S/Sgt, OK
Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett
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Note for bio by contributor Charlene Ford
Memorial Id for his actual resting place is 13936780. The stone for him at Arlington National Cemetery is just a cenotaph. He was buried in Duncan in 2006. Only 4 crew members were buried in/near the grave at Arlington, he was not one of them. I will load newspaper articles for the Duncan burial And another article stating who was actually buried at Arlington. There were also unidentifiable co-mingled remains and personal effects that were buried at the memorial at Arlington. But Rozzell's individual remains were sent home to Oklahoma.
S/Sgt Wilburn W. Rozzell's remains were recovered in 2002, identified in 2006 and he now rests at the Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Oklahoma .
" click here" for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 15, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Wilburn served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24D #42-40972, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Duncan, Oklahoma prior to the war.
Wilburn was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, which took off from Dobodura Airfield on an armed reconnaissance mission to shadow a ten vessel convoy off Kavieng, crashed near the village of Imon, roughly 45 miles north of Lae, during the war.
His B-24D #42-40972, in their last message, reported "Three direct hits on a CL [Light Cruiser] or CA [Heavy Cruiser], 0.3005 15100E target destroyed".
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18129869
His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing here at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
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Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40972:
Armacost, Arthur C, III ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH
Cameron, William C ~ S/Sgt, CA
Cisneros, Raymond S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Eppright, David R ~ 2nd Lt, MO
Feucht, Charles F ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Hafner, William M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, VA
Hill, Alfred W ~ T/Sgt, TX
Lascelles, James G ~ T/Sgt, NY
Rozzell, Wilburn W ~ S/Sgt, OK
Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett
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Note for bio by contributor Charlene Ford
Memorial Id for his actual resting place is 13936780. The stone for him at Arlington National Cemetery is just a cenotaph. He was buried in Duncan in 2006. Only 4 crew members were buried in/near the grave at Arlington, he was not one of them. I will load newspaper articles for the Duncan burial And another article stating who was actually buried at Arlington. There were also unidentifiable co-mingled remains and personal effects that were buried at the memorial at Arlington. But Rozzell's individual remains were sent home to Oklahoma.
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