Awarded the Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.
Pilot of P-47 42-26245
Commemorated at the church in Saint-Martin-de-Blagny in a memorial for the 404th Fighter Group.
"On July 26, 1944, 1 Lt. Vinson departed ALG A-5 in P-47D-22RE #42-726245 4K-A on a dive- bombing mission to Mutrécy, France, with a flight of the 506th FS. Flying at 8,000 feet over Mutrécy, 1 Lt. Vinson's plane suffered a direct hit by intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. His plane burst into flames and fell vertically into the ground. No chute was seen. MACR 7480
1 Lt. Vinson was killed in action on July 26, 1944 at 0950 hours at Mutrécy, France, nine miles south-southwest of Caen. He was 25 years old.
It is believed that his plane and 1 Lt. Vinson are still buried in the ground at Mutrécy. He is therefore still Missing in Action, and he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France." Excerpts from Fold3.
For more information on 1 LT Vinson's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
Pilot of P-47 42-26245
Commemorated at the church in Saint-Martin-de-Blagny in a memorial for the 404th Fighter Group.
"On July 26, 1944, 1 Lt. Vinson departed ALG A-5 in P-47D-22RE #42-726245 4K-A on a dive- bombing mission to Mutrécy, France, with a flight of the 506th FS. Flying at 8,000 feet over Mutrécy, 1 Lt. Vinson's plane suffered a direct hit by intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. His plane burst into flames and fell vertically into the ground. No chute was seen. MACR 7480
1 Lt. Vinson was killed in action on July 26, 1944 at 0950 hours at Mutrécy, France, nine miles south-southwest of Caen. He was 25 years old.
It is believed that his plane and 1 Lt. Vinson are still buried in the ground at Mutrécy. He is therefore still Missing in Action, and he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France." Excerpts from Fold3.
For more information on 1 LT Vinson's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
Awarded the Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.
Pilot of P-47 42-26245
Commemorated at the church in Saint-Martin-de-Blagny in a memorial for the 404th Fighter Group.
"On July 26, 1944, 1 Lt. Vinson departed ALG A-5 in P-47D-22RE #42-726245 4K-A on a dive- bombing mission to Mutrécy, France, with a flight of the 506th FS. Flying at 8,000 feet over Mutrécy, 1 Lt. Vinson's plane suffered a direct hit by intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. His plane burst into flames and fell vertically into the ground. No chute was seen. MACR 7480
1 Lt. Vinson was killed in action on July 26, 1944 at 0950 hours at Mutrécy, France, nine miles south-southwest of Caen. He was 25 years old.
It is believed that his plane and 1 Lt. Vinson are still buried in the ground at Mutrécy. He is therefore still Missing in Action, and he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France." Excerpts from Fold3.
For more information on 1 LT Vinson's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
Pilot of P-47 42-26245
Commemorated at the church in Saint-Martin-de-Blagny in a memorial for the 404th Fighter Group.
"On July 26, 1944, 1 Lt. Vinson departed ALG A-5 in P-47D-22RE #42-726245 4K-A on a dive- bombing mission to Mutrécy, France, with a flight of the 506th FS. Flying at 8,000 feet over Mutrécy, 1 Lt. Vinson's plane suffered a direct hit by intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. His plane burst into flames and fell vertically into the ground. No chute was seen. MACR 7480
1 Lt. Vinson was killed in action on July 26, 1944 at 0950 hours at Mutrécy, France, nine miles south-southwest of Caen. He was 25 years old.
It is believed that his plane and 1 Lt. Vinson are still buried in the ground at Mutrécy. He is therefore still Missing in Action, and he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France." Excerpts from Fold3.
For more information on 1 LT Vinson's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
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Entered the service from Alabama.
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