Staff Sergeant Louis Pellizzer, Army serial number 39836172, was born at Thurber, Erath County, Texas on March 15, 1920. His family called him Louie. He was the youngest of eleven children of Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer (29 Apr 1877 – 8 Jan 1940) and Catherine (Simeoni or Semioni) Pellizzer (25 Apr 1876 – 3 Jul 1963). His parents were from San Zenone degli Ezzelini, Province of Treviso, Italy, northwest of Venice; they married about 1902 and immigrated to America about 1903. In 1918 the family lived at Thurber, Texas, where his father was a coal miner for Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, a supplier of fuel for railroads. Thurber was a large company town and most of the Thurber Italians were from northern Italy. The family moved to San Mateo, California in the early 1920s when the coal mining industry in Thurber collapsed.
In 1930 the family lived at 741 South Eldorado Street, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. By 1932 the family home was at 945 South Eldorado Street in San Mateo. In California his father was employed as a concrete worker and stone mason. His father died in January 1940.
He completed one year of high school and worked as a garbage truck driver for the City of San Mateo. He registered for the draft at San Mateo on July 1, 1941. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 160 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at San Francisco, California on April 1, 1942.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as nose turret gunner on the heavy bomber crew of Lt James A. Logan. By December 1943 the Logan crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the Logan crew was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. They flew B-24H 41-29520 from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived in England by mid-April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. There is a photo of the Logan crew, probably taken during the deployment, posted on the 487th Bomb Group website. Here is Lt Logan's crew roster on July 2, 1944:
B-24H 42-52609 – 836th Bomb Squadron
• Logan, James A – 2/Lt – Pilot – KIA
• Matika, Bruno – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Doran, Harry LeRoy – 2/Lt – Navigator – POW
• Greer, George Hubert – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Johnson, William T – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Pellizzer, Louis – S/Sgt – Nose Turret Gunner – KIA
• Wilson, Max W – S/Sgt – Upper Turret Gunner – KIA
• Buck, Herman W – S/Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Ross, John Finlay – S/Sgt – Tail Turret Gunner – POW
On July 2, 1944 the 487th Bomb Group dispatched two squadrons of B-24s to bomb the German V-weapon site at Belloy-sur-Somme, France, northwest of Amiens near the River Somme. Lt Logan's crew flew B-24H 42-52609 on this mission. On the return route, S/Sgt Pellizzer and five of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak in the area of Bethune-St. Pol, France. After the aircraft was hit and on fire, Lt Logan pulled up to avoid colliding with another aircraft in the formation. This was B-24H 42-52766 'Sammy's Niece' with the crew of Lt Joseph P. Peyton aboard. Lt Logan's selfless act saved the Peyton crew; then his aircraft broke up and went down in flames. It crashed 3.5 kilometers west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, and 2 kilometers east of Siracourt, in the vicinity of 50.373°N, 2.291°E. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The other five crew members who were killed were buried at Evreux, France. There is no original burial report available for Sgt Pellizzer. His remains were returned to the United States and interred in a group burial with sixteen other identified airmen and one Unknown Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on January 9, 1952.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 US Census; Texas; Erath County; Thurber. Pellizzer, Andorine [sic]. Feb 1920 (Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer, his father)
3. 1930 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 741 South Eldorado. Pellizzer, Tony. 7 Apr 1930 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 945 El Dorado. Pellizzer, Catherine. 9 Apr 1940 (his mother)
5. Ancestry.com
• US City Directories, 1822–1995: Burlingame-San Mateo, California City Directories
• Antonio Pellizzer (1877–1940) in Wallace Family Tree
6. Bielinski, Leo S. History of Thurber, Texas. 2010
7. Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company in Thurber, Texas
8. California Birth Index, 1905–1995
9. California Death Index, 1940–1997
10. California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866–1992. Obituary of Daniel Z. Pellizzer. 23 Oct 1990 (his brother)
11. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
12. Enlistment Record of Louis Pellizzer
13. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
14. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
15. San Mateo County Times. Obituary of Angelo A. Pellizzer. 19 Sep 2010 (his brother)
16. Social Security Death Index
17. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1935. 1970 amendment to 1914 birth certificate of his sister Santina Pellizzer (born 28 Aug 1914 at Thurber, Erath County, Texas)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 6770
19. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
20. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Remains of S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer, 39836172, interred in a group burial with the remains of sixteen other airmen and one UNKNOWN AIR CORPS at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on 9 Jan 1952
21. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
22. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
23. World War I Draft Registration of Antonio Pellizzer. 12 Sep 1918 (his father)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
In 1930 the family lived at 741 South Eldorado Street, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. By 1932 the family home was at 945 South Eldorado Street in San Mateo. In California his father was employed as a concrete worker and stone mason. His father died in January 1940.
He completed one year of high school and worked as a garbage truck driver for the City of San Mateo. He registered for the draft at San Mateo on July 1, 1941. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 160 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at San Francisco, California on April 1, 1942.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as nose turret gunner on the heavy bomber crew of Lt James A. Logan. By December 1943 the Logan crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the Logan crew was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. They flew B-24H 41-29520 from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived in England by mid-April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. There is a photo of the Logan crew, probably taken during the deployment, posted on the 487th Bomb Group website. Here is Lt Logan's crew roster on July 2, 1944:
B-24H 42-52609 – 836th Bomb Squadron
• Logan, James A – 2/Lt – Pilot – KIA
• Matika, Bruno – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Doran, Harry LeRoy – 2/Lt – Navigator – POW
• Greer, George Hubert – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Johnson, William T – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Pellizzer, Louis – S/Sgt – Nose Turret Gunner – KIA
• Wilson, Max W – S/Sgt – Upper Turret Gunner – KIA
• Buck, Herman W – S/Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Ross, John Finlay – S/Sgt – Tail Turret Gunner – POW
On July 2, 1944 the 487th Bomb Group dispatched two squadrons of B-24s to bomb the German V-weapon site at Belloy-sur-Somme, France, northwest of Amiens near the River Somme. Lt Logan's crew flew B-24H 42-52609 on this mission. On the return route, S/Sgt Pellizzer and five of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak in the area of Bethune-St. Pol, France. After the aircraft was hit and on fire, Lt Logan pulled up to avoid colliding with another aircraft in the formation. This was B-24H 42-52766 'Sammy's Niece' with the crew of Lt Joseph P. Peyton aboard. Lt Logan's selfless act saved the Peyton crew; then his aircraft broke up and went down in flames. It crashed 3.5 kilometers west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, and 2 kilometers east of Siracourt, in the vicinity of 50.373°N, 2.291°E. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The other five crew members who were killed were buried at Evreux, France. There is no original burial report available for Sgt Pellizzer. His remains were returned to the United States and interred in a group burial with sixteen other identified airmen and one Unknown Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on January 9, 1952.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 US Census; Texas; Erath County; Thurber. Pellizzer, Andorine [sic]. Feb 1920 (Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer, his father)
3. 1930 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 741 South Eldorado. Pellizzer, Tony. 7 Apr 1930 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 945 El Dorado. Pellizzer, Catherine. 9 Apr 1940 (his mother)
5. Ancestry.com
• US City Directories, 1822–1995: Burlingame-San Mateo, California City Directories
• Antonio Pellizzer (1877–1940) in Wallace Family Tree
6. Bielinski, Leo S. History of Thurber, Texas. 2010
7. Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company in Thurber, Texas
8. California Birth Index, 1905–1995
9. California Death Index, 1940–1997
10. California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866–1992. Obituary of Daniel Z. Pellizzer. 23 Oct 1990 (his brother)
11. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
12. Enlistment Record of Louis Pellizzer
13. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
14. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
15. San Mateo County Times. Obituary of Angelo A. Pellizzer. 19 Sep 2010 (his brother)
16. Social Security Death Index
17. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1935. 1970 amendment to 1914 birth certificate of his sister Santina Pellizzer (born 28 Aug 1914 at Thurber, Erath County, Texas)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 6770
19. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
20. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Remains of S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer, 39836172, interred in a group burial with the remains of sixteen other airmen and one UNKNOWN AIR CORPS at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on 9 Jan 1952
21. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
22. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
23. World War I Draft Registration of Antonio Pellizzer. 12 Sep 1918 (his father)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Staff Sergeant Louis Pellizzer, Army serial number 39836172, was born at Thurber, Erath County, Texas on March 15, 1920. His family called him Louie. He was the youngest of eleven children of Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer (29 Apr 1877 – 8 Jan 1940) and Catherine (Simeoni or Semioni) Pellizzer (25 Apr 1876 – 3 Jul 1963). His parents were from San Zenone degli Ezzelini, Province of Treviso, Italy, northwest of Venice; they married about 1902 and immigrated to America about 1903. In 1918 the family lived at Thurber, Texas, where his father was a coal miner for Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, a supplier of fuel for railroads. Thurber was a large company town and most of the Thurber Italians were from northern Italy. The family moved to San Mateo, California in the early 1920s when the coal mining industry in Thurber collapsed.
In 1930 the family lived at 741 South Eldorado Street, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. By 1932 the family home was at 945 South Eldorado Street in San Mateo. In California his father was employed as a concrete worker and stone mason. His father died in January 1940.
He completed one year of high school and worked as a garbage truck driver for the City of San Mateo. He registered for the draft at San Mateo on July 1, 1941. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 160 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at San Francisco, California on April 1, 1942.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as nose turret gunner on the heavy bomber crew of Lt James A. Logan. By December 1943 the Logan crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the Logan crew was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. They flew B-24H 41-29520 from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived in England by mid-April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. There is a photo of the Logan crew, probably taken during the deployment, posted on the 487th Bomb Group website. Here is Lt Logan's crew roster on July 2, 1944:
B-24H 42-52609 – 836th Bomb Squadron
• Logan, James A – 2/Lt – Pilot – KIA
• Matika, Bruno – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Doran, Harry LeRoy – 2/Lt – Navigator – POW
• Greer, George Hubert – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Johnson, William T – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Pellizzer, Louis – S/Sgt – Nose Turret Gunner – KIA
• Wilson, Max W – S/Sgt – Upper Turret Gunner – KIA
• Buck, Herman W – S/Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Ross, John Finlay – S/Sgt – Tail Turret Gunner – POW
On July 2, 1944 the 487th Bomb Group dispatched two squadrons of B-24s to bomb the German V-weapon site at Belloy-sur-Somme, France, northwest of Amiens near the River Somme. Lt Logan's crew flew B-24H 42-52609 on this mission. On the return route, S/Sgt Pellizzer and five of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak in the area of Bethune-St. Pol, France. After the aircraft was hit and on fire, Lt Logan pulled up to avoid colliding with another aircraft in the formation. This was B-24H 42-52766 'Sammy's Niece' with the crew of Lt Joseph P. Peyton aboard. Lt Logan's selfless act saved the Peyton crew; then his aircraft broke up and went down in flames. It crashed 3.5 kilometers west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, and 2 kilometers east of Siracourt, in the vicinity of 50.373°N, 2.291°E. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The other five crew members who were killed were buried at Evreux, France. There is no original burial report available for Sgt Pellizzer. His remains were returned to the United States and interred in a group burial with sixteen other identified airmen and one Unknown Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on January 9, 1952.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 US Census; Texas; Erath County; Thurber. Pellizzer, Andorine [sic]. Feb 1920 (Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer, his father)
3. 1930 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 741 South Eldorado. Pellizzer, Tony. 7 Apr 1930 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 945 El Dorado. Pellizzer, Catherine. 9 Apr 1940 (his mother)
5. Ancestry.com
• US City Directories, 1822–1995: Burlingame-San Mateo, California City Directories
• Antonio Pellizzer (1877–1940) in Wallace Family Tree
6. Bielinski, Leo S. History of Thurber, Texas. 2010
7. Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company in Thurber, Texas
8. California Birth Index, 1905–1995
9. California Death Index, 1940–1997
10. California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866–1992. Obituary of Daniel Z. Pellizzer. 23 Oct 1990 (his brother)
11. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
12. Enlistment Record of Louis Pellizzer
13. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
14. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
15. San Mateo County Times. Obituary of Angelo A. Pellizzer. 19 Sep 2010 (his brother)
16. Social Security Death Index
17. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1935. 1970 amendment to 1914 birth certificate of his sister Santina Pellizzer (born 28 Aug 1914 at Thurber, Erath County, Texas)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 6770
19. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
20. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Remains of S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer, 39836172, interred in a group burial with the remains of sixteen other airmen and one UNKNOWN AIR CORPS at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on 9 Jan 1952
21. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
22. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
23. World War I Draft Registration of Antonio Pellizzer. 12 Sep 1918 (his father)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
In 1930 the family lived at 741 South Eldorado Street, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California. By 1932 the family home was at 945 South Eldorado Street in San Mateo. In California his father was employed as a concrete worker and stone mason. His father died in January 1940.
He completed one year of high school and worked as a garbage truck driver for the City of San Mateo. He registered for the draft at San Mateo on July 1, 1941. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 160 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at San Francisco, California on April 1, 1942.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as nose turret gunner on the heavy bomber crew of Lt James A. Logan. By December 1943 the Logan crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the Logan crew was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. They flew B-24H 41-29520 from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived in England by mid-April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. There is a photo of the Logan crew, probably taken during the deployment, posted on the 487th Bomb Group website. Here is Lt Logan's crew roster on July 2, 1944:
B-24H 42-52609 – 836th Bomb Squadron
• Logan, James A – 2/Lt – Pilot – KIA
• Matika, Bruno – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Doran, Harry LeRoy – 2/Lt – Navigator – POW
• Greer, George Hubert – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Johnson, William T – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Pellizzer, Louis – S/Sgt – Nose Turret Gunner – KIA
• Wilson, Max W – S/Sgt – Upper Turret Gunner – KIA
• Buck, Herman W – S/Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Ross, John Finlay – S/Sgt – Tail Turret Gunner – POW
On July 2, 1944 the 487th Bomb Group dispatched two squadrons of B-24s to bomb the German V-weapon site at Belloy-sur-Somme, France, northwest of Amiens near the River Somme. Lt Logan's crew flew B-24H 42-52609 on this mission. On the return route, S/Sgt Pellizzer and five of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak in the area of Bethune-St. Pol, France. After the aircraft was hit and on fire, Lt Logan pulled up to avoid colliding with another aircraft in the formation. This was B-24H 42-52766 'Sammy's Niece' with the crew of Lt Joseph P. Peyton aboard. Lt Logan's selfless act saved the Peyton crew; then his aircraft broke up and went down in flames. It crashed 3.5 kilometers west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, and 2 kilometers east of Siracourt, in the vicinity of 50.373°N, 2.291°E. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The other five crew members who were killed were buried at Evreux, France. There is no original burial report available for Sgt Pellizzer. His remains were returned to the United States and interred in a group burial with sixteen other identified airmen and one Unknown Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on January 9, 1952.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 US Census; Texas; Erath County; Thurber. Pellizzer, Andorine [sic]. Feb 1920 (Antonio 'Tony' Pellizzer, his father)
3. 1930 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 741 South Eldorado. Pellizzer, Tony. 7 Apr 1930 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; California; San Mateo County; San Mateo; 945 El Dorado. Pellizzer, Catherine. 9 Apr 1940 (his mother)
5. Ancestry.com
• US City Directories, 1822–1995: Burlingame-San Mateo, California City Directories
• Antonio Pellizzer (1877–1940) in Wallace Family Tree
6. Bielinski, Leo S. History of Thurber, Texas. 2010
7. Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company in Thurber, Texas
8. California Birth Index, 1905–1995
9. California Death Index, 1940–1997
10. California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866–1992. Obituary of Daniel Z. Pellizzer. 23 Oct 1990 (his brother)
11. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
12. Enlistment Record of Louis Pellizzer
13. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
14. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
15. San Mateo County Times. Obituary of Angelo A. Pellizzer. 19 Sep 2010 (his brother)
16. Social Security Death Index
17. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1935. 1970 amendment to 1914 birth certificate of his sister Santina Pellizzer (born 28 Aug 1914 at Thurber, Erath County, Texas)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 6770
19. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
20. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Remains of S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer, 39836172, interred in a group burial with the remains of sixteen other airmen and one UNKNOWN AIR CORPS at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri on 9 Jan 1952
21. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
22. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
23. World War I Draft Registration of Antonio Pellizzer. 12 Sep 1918 (his father)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Inscription
LOUIS PELLIZZER S SGT
JULY 2 1944
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Inscribed at bottom of the marker, for the unknown buried here:
UNKNOWN
AIR CORPS
Gravesite Details
Group burial with sixteen other identified airmen and one UNKNOWN AIR CORPS
