Son of Aida Vesta Steele and Herbert I McElroy
Was working for Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California at the time he filed his draft card in October 1940
US Army Air Corps 28 Jul 1943-9 Aug 1946
Served with 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Group
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Awarded the Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
Killed in service, during aircraft accident at Montana State Fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana.
"McELROY--Capt. Howard C. McElroy, a former resident of Los Angeles and vicinity, passed away Aug. 9, in Great Falls, Mont. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carogene W. McElroy; his father, Herbert McElroy of Long Beach, his mother, Mrs. Ada V. Conring; brother, Irwin McElroy, and sister, Mrs. Evelyn Maiz, all of Los Angeles, and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lievins[1877-1948]. Services, Friday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m., at Lamb Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Charles Lampman and the U. S. Army Air Corps. Interment at Rose Hills Cemetery." as published in the Metropolitan Pasadena Star News, Thurs 22 Aug 1946, pg 2.
Was working for Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California at the time he filed his draft card in October 1940
US Army Air Corps 28 Jul 1943-9 Aug 1946
Served with 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Group
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Awarded the Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
Killed in service, during aircraft accident at Montana State Fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana.
"McELROY--Capt. Howard C. McElroy, a former resident of Los Angeles and vicinity, passed away Aug. 9, in Great Falls, Mont. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carogene W. McElroy; his father, Herbert McElroy of Long Beach, his mother, Mrs. Ada V. Conring; brother, Irwin McElroy, and sister, Mrs. Evelyn Maiz, all of Los Angeles, and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lievins[1877-1948]. Services, Friday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m., at Lamb Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Charles Lampman and the U. S. Army Air Corps. Interment at Rose Hills Cemetery." as published in the Metropolitan Pasadena Star News, Thurs 22 Aug 1946, pg 2.
Son of Aida Vesta Steele and Herbert I McElroy
Was working for Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California at the time he filed his draft card in October 1940
US Army Air Corps 28 Jul 1943-9 Aug 1946
Served with 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Group
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Awarded the Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
Killed in service, during aircraft accident at Montana State Fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana.
"McELROY--Capt. Howard C. McElroy, a former resident of Los Angeles and vicinity, passed away Aug. 9, in Great Falls, Mont. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carogene W. McElroy; his father, Herbert McElroy of Long Beach, his mother, Mrs. Ada V. Conring; brother, Irwin McElroy, and sister, Mrs. Evelyn Maiz, all of Los Angeles, and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lievins[1877-1948]. Services, Friday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m., at Lamb Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Charles Lampman and the U. S. Army Air Corps. Interment at Rose Hills Cemetery." as published in the Metropolitan Pasadena Star News, Thurs 22 Aug 1946, pg 2.
Was working for Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California at the time he filed his draft card in October 1940
US Army Air Corps 28 Jul 1943-9 Aug 1946
Served with 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Group
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Awarded the Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
Killed in service, during aircraft accident at Montana State Fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana.
"McELROY--Capt. Howard C. McElroy, a former resident of Los Angeles and vicinity, passed away Aug. 9, in Great Falls, Mont. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carogene W. McElroy; his father, Herbert McElroy of Long Beach, his mother, Mrs. Ada V. Conring; brother, Irwin McElroy, and sister, Mrs. Evelyn Maiz, all of Los Angeles, and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lievins[1877-1948]. Services, Friday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m., at Lamb Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Charles Lampman and the U. S. Army Air Corps. Interment at Rose Hills Cemetery." as published in the Metropolitan Pasadena Star News, Thurs 22 Aug 1946, pg 2.
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