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SSgt. Charles Raymond Elyea

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SSgt. Charles Raymond Elyea Veteran

Birth
Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota, USA
Death
8 Oct 1944 (aged 21)
Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 48.5196646, Longitude: -1.305526
Plot
Plot P, Row 2, Grave 4.
Memorial ID
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Staff Sergeant, 584th Bomber Squadron, 394th Bomber Group, Medium; 9th Air Force, USAAF. Entered the service from South Dakota. Awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. Cause of death: mid-air-collision near Orléans.
Staff Sergeant, 584th Bomber Squadron, 394th Bomber Group, Medium; 9th Air Force, USAAF. Entered the service from South Dakota. Awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. Cause of death: mid-air-collision near Orléans.

Inscription

SSGT 584 BOMB SQ 394 BOMB GP (M)
SOUTH DAKOTA



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  • Maintained by: Doc Wilson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56353441/charles_raymond-elyea: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt. Charles Raymond Elyea (9 Mar 1923–8 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56353441, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).