11 Nov 1942
Enlisted in US Army Air Force
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Residence in Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas; 4 years high school; married; 65" tall; 141 pounds; civil occupation metal worker
As members of the 66th Squadron aboard the bomber Queen Marlene, Sgt Hites (engineer/top turret gunner) and eight others were killed in action in the Pas Des Calais Area, Escalles Sur Buchy, France when their plane was hit by five or six German FW 160s (Goering's Yellow Bellies). One member of the crew survived and was helped to escape by a French farmer. An account of the incident can be found at 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (a pdf file), page 180.
From cemetery records:
~ Age: 26
~ Burial: 30 Jun 1949
~ Undertaker: E P Amos
~ Fee: $25
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Sgt Hite is the only person buried in Union Cemetery who was killed in action in World War II. Planning has begun to honor him specifically on Veterans Day, 2012.
New gray granite tablet marker installed and original grass marker reset by the Union Cemetery Historical Society on 18 May 2012.
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Sgt Harold B Hite and his mother, Inez R Butts Hites are buried about 90-100 years northeast of the Butts-Hites family plot. Sgt Hites' father, brother, grandparents, aunt and uncle are buried in the family plot.
Enlisted in US Army Air Force
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Residence in Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas; 4 years high school; married; 65" tall; 141 pounds; civil occupation metal worker
As members of the 66th Squadron aboard the bomber Queen Marlene, Sgt Hites (engineer/top turret gunner) and eight others were killed in action in the Pas Des Calais Area, Escalles Sur Buchy, France when their plane was hit by five or six German FW 160s (Goering's Yellow Bellies). One member of the crew survived and was helped to escape by a French farmer. An account of the incident can be found at 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (a pdf file), page 180.
From cemetery records:
~ Age: 26
~ Burial: 30 Jun 1949
~ Undertaker: E P Amos
~ Fee: $25
___
Sgt Hite is the only person buried in Union Cemetery who was killed in action in World War II. Planning has begun to honor him specifically on Veterans Day, 2012.
New gray granite tablet marker installed and original grass marker reset by the Union Cemetery Historical Society on 18 May 2012.
___
Sgt Harold B Hite and his mother, Inez R Butts Hites are buried about 90-100 years northeast of the Butts-Hites family plot. Sgt Hites' father, brother, grandparents, aunt and uncle are buried in the family plot.
11 Nov 1942
Enlisted in US Army Air Force
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Residence in Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas; 4 years high school; married; 65" tall; 141 pounds; civil occupation metal worker
As members of the 66th Squadron aboard the bomber Queen Marlene, Sgt Hites (engineer/top turret gunner) and eight others were killed in action in the Pas Des Calais Area, Escalles Sur Buchy, France when their plane was hit by five or six German FW 160s (Goering's Yellow Bellies). One member of the crew survived and was helped to escape by a French farmer. An account of the incident can be found at 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (a pdf file), page 180.
From cemetery records:
~ Age: 26
~ Burial: 30 Jun 1949
~ Undertaker: E P Amos
~ Fee: $25
___
Sgt Hite is the only person buried in Union Cemetery who was killed in action in World War II. Planning has begun to honor him specifically on Veterans Day, 2012.
New gray granite tablet marker installed and original grass marker reset by the Union Cemetery Historical Society on 18 May 2012.
___
Sgt Harold B Hite and his mother, Inez R Butts Hites are buried about 90-100 years northeast of the Butts-Hites family plot. Sgt Hites' father, brother, grandparents, aunt and uncle are buried in the family plot.
Enlisted in US Army Air Force
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
Residence in Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas; 4 years high school; married; 65" tall; 141 pounds; civil occupation metal worker
As members of the 66th Squadron aboard the bomber Queen Marlene, Sgt Hites (engineer/top turret gunner) and eight others were killed in action in the Pas Des Calais Area, Escalles Sur Buchy, France when their plane was hit by five or six German FW 160s (Goering's Yellow Bellies). One member of the crew survived and was helped to escape by a French farmer. An account of the incident can be found at 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties (a pdf file), page 180.
From cemetery records:
~ Age: 26
~ Burial: 30 Jun 1949
~ Undertaker: E P Amos
~ Fee: $25
___
Sgt Hite is the only person buried in Union Cemetery who was killed in action in World War II. Planning has begun to honor him specifically on Veterans Day, 2012.
New gray granite tablet marker installed and original grass marker reset by the Union Cemetery Historical Society on 18 May 2012.
___
Sgt Harold B Hite and his mother, Inez R Butts Hites are buried about 90-100 years northeast of the Butts-Hites family plot. Sgt Hites' father, brother, grandparents, aunt and uncle are buried in the family plot.
Inscription
Original grass marker:
HAROLD B HITES
KANSAS
TECH SGT 66 AAF BOMB
WORLD WAR II
SEPT 25 1917 - JAN 21 1944
New granite tablet:
HAROLD B HITES
TECH SGT
44th BOMB GROUP
SHOT DOWN OVER
ECALLES SUR BUCHY
NORTHERN FRANCE
SEP 25 1917
JAN 21 1944
Gravesite Details
Military marker in legible condition except was completely overgrown with a thick web of weeds; butted against and in the shadow of an obelisk from a different family. (1 Oct 2010). New marker installed 18 May 2012
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