Capt Lewis M Gillespie (1922-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

Capt Lewis M Gillespie Veteran

Birth

1922

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA

Death

7 Jun 1945 (aged 22–23)

Leyte, Leyte Province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines

Monument

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map

Plot

Tablets of the Missing - United States Army Air Forces- -Missing In Action

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USS Randolph (CV-15)
On 7 June, while loading supplies in the Philippines, a P-38 Lightning piloted by CAPT Lewis M Gillespie practicing strafing runs lost control and crashed against the deck of the Randolph, killing thirteen sailors and destroying ten of Randolph's aircraft.

Service # 0-522721
Unit 8th Photographic Squadron, 6th Reconnaissance Group
Rank Captain U.S. Army Air Forces
★ Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Inscription

CAPT 8th PHOTO SQ 6th RECON GP OKLAHOMA

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Entered the service from Oklahoma.

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Roy Brubaker Gillespie

Mary B. Hendry Gillespie