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2Lt Clarence Wilmer Gillespie
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2Lt Clarence Wilmer Gillespie Veteran

Birth
Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 May 1943 (aged 25)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Clarence was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy.

1940 census for Clarence Gillespie age 22yrs, single with his parents; Earl E. and Mable Gillespie, brother Edwin, sisters; June and Phyllis Gillespie. Living in Brackenridge, Ward 2, Allegheny, PA. WWII Army enlistment record states Clarence was born in 1918 (no month or day) in PA. He enlisted in 1941. Other census from 1920 and 1930, he was living in the same city and state as the 1940 census.

From the US Army Enlistment Records WWII-1938-1946;
Clarence W. Gillespie entered the service
(Army Air Corps)on Mar. 14, 1941 from Pittsburgh, PA.
Rank: Private
Term: One year enlistment
Education: 4 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Semi-skilled mechanic & repairman, motor vehicles
Serial # 13013645
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film # 01141.114
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File ca. 1938-1946

He was one of the crew members on 1st Lt. Erwin R. Schott's plane that went down May 1, 1943. Army Air Force.

Service # O-728469


He entered the Service from Pennsylvania.
Missing in Action

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Clarence was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy.

1940 census for Clarence Gillespie age 22yrs, single with his parents; Earl E. and Mable Gillespie, brother Edwin, sisters; June and Phyllis Gillespie. Living in Brackenridge, Ward 2, Allegheny, PA. WWII Army enlistment record states Clarence was born in 1918 (no month or day) in PA. He enlisted in 1941. Other census from 1920 and 1930, he was living in the same city and state as the 1940 census.

From the US Army Enlistment Records WWII-1938-1946;
Clarence W. Gillespie entered the service
(Army Air Corps)on Mar. 14, 1941 from Pittsburgh, PA.
Rank: Private
Term: One year enlistment
Education: 4 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Semi-skilled mechanic & repairman, motor vehicles
Serial # 13013645
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film # 01141.114
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File ca. 1938-1946

He was one of the crew members on 1st Lt. Erwin R. Schott's plane that went down May 1, 1943. Army Air Force.

Service # O-728469


He entered the Service from Pennsylvania.
Missing in Action

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart


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  • Maintained by: stevenkh1
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290037/clarence_wilmer-gillespie: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Clarence Wilmer Gillespie (18 Mar 1918–1 May 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56290037, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by stevenkh1 (contributor 47175148).