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2Lt Dudley George Titus

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2Lt Dudley George Titus Veteran

Birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Death
12 Aug 1944 (aged 21)
France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot G Row 26 Grave 25
Memorial ID
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Oregonian
11 September 1944
Page 8, col. 2
Dudley G. Titus, Airman, Missing
Lt. Dudley G. Titus, 21, army air forces pilot, is missing in action in France since August 12, the war department has notified his mother. He is the son of Mrs. Carolyn Titus of Lake Grove, and of the late Ben Titus. The missing flier's grandfather, W. S. Titus, who is 87, lives at 928 S. E. 32d avenue, Portland.
A graduate of Salem high school, Lt. Titus won his pilot's wings in February of this year at Stockton army air field, Cal.
His brother, Ben Titus, Jr., aviation radioman first class, has just received his wings in the navy air corps at Athens, Ga., and is now visiting in Austin, Texas, with his wife's family. He is a veteran of navy service, having enlisted in March of 1940. He was stationed on Midway island when Japan started the war.
Oregonian
11 September 1944
Page 8, col. 2
Dudley G. Titus, Airman, Missing
Lt. Dudley G. Titus, 21, army air forces pilot, is missing in action in France since August 12, the war department has notified his mother. He is the son of Mrs. Carolyn Titus of Lake Grove, and of the late Ben Titus. The missing flier's grandfather, W. S. Titus, who is 87, lives at 928 S. E. 32d avenue, Portland.
A graduate of Salem high school, Lt. Titus won his pilot's wings in February of this year at Stockton army air field, Cal.
His brother, Ben Titus, Jr., aviation radioman first class, has just received his wings in the navy air corps at Athens, Ga., and is now visiting in Austin, Texas, with his wife's family. He is a veteran of navy service, having enlisted in March of 1940. He was stationed on Midway island when Japan started the war.

Inscription

2 LT 506 BOMB SQ 44 BOMB GP (H) OREGON

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Oregon.




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  • Maintained by: Connie Lenzen
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56650807/dudley_george-titus: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Dudley George Titus (28 Jun 1923–12 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56650807, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Connie Lenzen (contributor 47410462).