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Personal info

Full name
WEATHERFORD, Roy Lee
Date of birth
28 May 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36269413
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
510th Bombardment Squadron,
351st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 July 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neumünster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 35 26

Immediate family

Members
Oscar T. Weatherford (father)
Eva R. (Tucker) Weatherford (mother)
Mildred Weatherford (sister)
Franklin Weatherford (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3272
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Captain Bill
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the shipyard
MACR: 92

More information

S/Sgt Roy L. Weatherford graduated from Sparta High School in 1940 and was employed at Pet Milk Company.

He enlisted on 25 September 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters.

Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Four men were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, www.8thafhs.com, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, La Crosse Tribune - 16 February 1944