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SSgt Thomas Joseph “Tom” McCaslin

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SSgt Thomas Joseph “Tom” McCaslin

Birth
Havre, Hill County, Montana, USA
Death
22 Jun 1944 (aged 25)
Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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McCaslin, a staff sergeant in the Army Air Forces, went missing in June 1944
over Caen, France, and was listed as dead in June 1945. A gunner on a B-26
Marauder bomber, McCaslin held the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for
"resolute courage and heroism under fire," and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf
Clusters. He was a graduate of Creighton Prep.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. George McCaslin, he had five brothers who became Catholic
priests and a sister who became a Sinsinawa Dominican nun.

Bio from Omaha World Herald
McCaslin, a staff sergeant in the Army Air Forces, went missing in June 1944
over Caen, France, and was listed as dead in June 1945. A gunner on a B-26
Marauder bomber, McCaslin held the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for
"resolute courage and heroism under fire," and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf
Clusters. He was a graduate of Creighton Prep.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. George McCaslin, he had five brothers who became Catholic
priests and a sister who became a Sinsinawa Dominican nun.

Bio from Omaha World Herald

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Entered the service from Nebraska.

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  • Maintained by: Loren Bender
  • 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/56647452/thomas_joseph-mccaslin: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Thomas Joseph “Tom” McCaslin (26 Aug 1918–22 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56647452, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Loren Bender (contributor 47060026).