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Lieut James Snyder Gover

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Lieut James Snyder Gover

Birth
Brownington, Henry County, Missouri, USA
Death
2 Apr 1944 (aged 24)
Austria
Burial
Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri, USA
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Gover.

720 BS, 450 BG, 15TH AF. Member of the Buck crew:

Capt. Donald A. Buck, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Nicholas G. Cilli, Co-Pilot, KIA.
1Lt. James S. Gover, Navigator, KIA.
2Lt. Frank B. Kelly, Bombardier, POW.
TSgt. Roy D. Hammond, Flight Engineer, KIA.
TSgt. Archie Walker, Radio Operator, KIA.
SSgt. Ralph C. Wessel, Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Charles B. McCaughey, Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. John J. Verbitski, Gunner, POW.
SSgt. Harold L. Pace, Gunner, POW.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Gover.

720 BS, 450 BG, 15TH AF. Member of the Buck crew:

Capt. Donald A. Buck, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Nicholas G. Cilli, Co-Pilot, KIA.
1Lt. James S. Gover, Navigator, KIA.
2Lt. Frank B. Kelly, Bombardier, POW.
TSgt. Roy D. Hammond, Flight Engineer, KIA.
TSgt. Archie Walker, Radio Operator, KIA.
SSgt. Ralph C. Wessel, Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Charles B. McCaughey, Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. John J. Verbitski, Gunner, POW.
SSgt. Harold L. Pace, Gunner, POW.

Inscription

JAMES SNYDER GOVER
MISSOURI
LIEUT 720 AAF BOMB SQ.
WORLD WAR II
DFC AM & 3 OLC PH
AUG 7 1919 - APR 2 1944

HIS HEART WAS BRAVE
HE WAS UNAFRAID
FOR HIS WAS THE SOUL
WHICH HEROES ARE MADE.

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Links to parents provided by: Douglas Pyeatt (#47083722)

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