Mitrailleur/Mécanicien d'un B26-Marauder du 394th Bomber Group. Son avion a été abattu à Sougé le Ganelon (Sarthe) le 9 août 1944.
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): 34624898
Entered the Service from: Mississippi
585th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, Medium
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Van B. Hemeter is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Covington County, Mississippi.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mr. Van B. Hemeter
Seminary, Mississippi
Engineer/Gunner of B-26 Marauder #42-96080 "The Flying Dutchman II" that took off from station 455 in Holmsley South, Hampshire, UK on a bombing mission over the Isle-Adam bridge. The plane was hit by flak, crashed and exploded 30 miles northwest of Le Mans, France. Missing Air Crew Report 9206.
***I would like to thank Jacky EMERY Find A Grave ID 47628388 for adding their photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***
***I would like to thank dan35 Find A Grave ID 47100257 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Mitrailleur/Mécanicien d'un B26-Marauder du 394th Bomber Group. Son avion a été abattu à Sougé le Ganelon (Sarthe) le 9 août 1944.
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): 34624898
Entered the Service from: Mississippi
585th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, Medium
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Van B. Hemeter is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Covington County, Mississippi.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mr. Van B. Hemeter
Seminary, Mississippi
Engineer/Gunner of B-26 Marauder #42-96080 "The Flying Dutchman II" that took off from station 455 in Holmsley South, Hampshire, UK on a bombing mission over the Isle-Adam bridge. The plane was hit by flak, crashed and exploded 30 miles northwest of Le Mans, France. Missing Air Crew Report 9206.
***I would like to thank Jacky EMERY Find A Grave ID 47628388 for adding their photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***
***I would like to thank dan35 Find A Grave ID 47100257 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
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SSGT 585 BOMB SQ 394 BOMB GP(M) MISSISSIPPI
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