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SGT Clarence Arbury Peeples

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SGT Clarence Arbury Peeples

Birth
Lott, Falls County, Texas, USA
Death
24 May 1945 (aged 33)
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 79 SITE 429
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Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Dallas, Texas, May 11, 1943.

Service ID: 38528061.
Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Dallas, Texas, May 11, 1943.

Service ID: 38528061.

Inscription

SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41833392/clarence_arbury-peeples: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Clarence Arbury Peeples (19 Jun 1911–24 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41833392, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).