TSGT Jack Edgar Whitehead (1921-1943)

TSGT Jack Edgar Whitehead Veteran

Birth

14 Jul 1921

Death

9 Sep 1943 (aged 22)

Boulogne, Departement de la Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France

Burial

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

Plot

Plot B Row 13 Grave 17

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Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Radio Gunner, B-26B 41-34958 "Hazard". The aircraft was hit by flak on mission to Boulogne, France. Plane took a direct hit in the bomb-bay area and disintegrated in midair.

P 1LT Steven M. Danforth (KIA); CP 2LT Joseph M. Bruck (KIA)
N/B 2LT William J. Coffer, Jr. (KIA); E/G SGT Louis P. McNeill (POW)
RO/G TSGT Jack E. Whitehead (KIA); TG SSGT Joseph E. Sanchez (POW)

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