Harold James DE FRAIN

 

"Harry"

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE13093898
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH30 March 1921 Collomsville
ETATLycoming County, PENNSYLVANIA
FAMILYSingle
RANKTechnical Sergeant
FONCTIONRadio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled machine shop and related occupationsNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT26 October 1942 Harrisburg PENNSYLVANIA  
 SQUADRON338th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH31 December 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHat sea near Cayeux-sur-Mer
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-I-BO - s/n 42-31121 BX*E

blosville

Macr : 1673

Mission : Paris

Take off Station 138  Snetterton Heath, Norfolk UK

Hit by the flak, then by hunter Focke Wulf 190

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
C944
DECORATION

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  96bg 337bs
STORY
 

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-I-BO - s/n 42-31121 BX*E

 

1Lt Ralph A WOODWARD Pilot Dead Zachary Taylor Nat Cem. F-72 - Louisville, KENTUCKY O-802821 - Brookfield, MISSOURI
2Lt William Quincy "Bill" O'NEALL CoPilot Dead Oak Hill Cem. Crawfordsville, INDIANA O-679927 - Born in 1918
2Lt Alexander "Alex" YASKEL Navigator Dead Zachary Taylor Nat Cem. F-72 - Louisville, KENTUCKY O-671234 - Brooklyn, NEW YORK
2Lt Henry Grady REYNOLDS Bomber Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) O-670251 - AM+1 - Clanton, ALABAMA
T/Sgt Harold James "Harry" DE FRAIN Radio Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 13093898 - AM+1/PH - Williamsport, PENNSYLVANIA
T/Sgt Joseph Randall HOOD Mechanic/Gunner Dead Zachary Taylor Nat Cem. F-72 - Louisville, KENTUCKY 35488924 - Louisville, KENTUCKY
S/Sgt Joseph Wendall "Joe" ESTEP Gunner Dead Forest Grove Cem. Plain City, Ohio USA Sect 8 35625988 - Born the 30/12/1925 - Plain City, OHIO
S/Sgt Nathan Pitts Jr "Bud" BROWN Gunner Dead Flomaton Cem. ALABAMA 14181993 - Born the 11/06/1923 - Son of Nathan Pitts et Nancy Arnold Brown, ALABAMA
S/Sgt Lee Willett  MERRICK Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 17060938 - AM+1 - Chillicothe, MISSOURI
Sgt Joseph W "Joe" WELCH Gunner Dead Unknow 31080272 - Marlboro, MASSACHUSETTS
blosville

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