WORLD WAR II
US Army Air Corps
Killed in action while serving with 8th Air Force on B-24 over Rhine River near Cologne, Germany.
Only child of Thomas Baker and Mary McAllister Evans.
MARION - Mr. and Mrs. TB Evans were notified today of the death of their son, Sgt. Thomas Baker Evans, Jr., following a mission over Germany, May 7. Sergeant Evans was tail gunner on a flying fortress and had been overseas since January. He would have been 20 years old in August.
The only child of his parents, Evans was graduated from Marion High School, and trained in Mississippi, Nebraska and Texas.
Published in The State, May 23, 1945
Note:
There's a memorial for Thomas in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.
WORLD WAR II
US Army Air Corps
Killed in action while serving with 8th Air Force on B-24 over Rhine River near Cologne, Germany.
Only child of Thomas Baker and Mary McAllister Evans.
MARION - Mr. and Mrs. TB Evans were notified today of the death of their son, Sgt. Thomas Baker Evans, Jr., following a mission over Germany, May 7. Sergeant Evans was tail gunner on a flying fortress and had been overseas since January. He would have been 20 years old in August.
The only child of his parents, Evans was graduated from Marion High School, and trained in Mississippi, Nebraska and Texas.
Published in The State, May 23, 1945
Note:
There's a memorial for Thomas in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.
Inscription
Killed in Action May 7, 1945 while serving with
the 8th Air Force on a B-24 Bomber flight over
the Rhine River.
"He stands in the unbroken line of Patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its blessings. Freedom lives. And through it, he lives in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men." - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America
"He lived to bear his country's arms. He died to save its honor. He was a soldier...and he knew a soldier's duty. His sacrifice will help to keep aglow the flaming torch that lights our lives...that millions yet unborn may know the priceless joy of liberty. And we who pay him homage, and revere his memory, in solemn pride rededicate ourselves to a complete fulfillment of the task for which he so gallantly has placed his life upon the altar of man's freedom." - H. H. Arnold, General US Army, Commanding General Army Air Forces
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