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SSgt Joe Wayne Bradford

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SSgt Joe Wayne Bradford Veteran

Birth
Boyd, Wise County, Texas, USA
Death
22 Jul 1944 (aged 26)
Germany
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot A Row 8 Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18177453

Bradford had the rank of Staff Sergeant. Occupation or specialty was Tail Gunner. Service number was 18177453. Served with 91th Bomber Group, Heavy, 322nd Bomber Squadron.Staff Sergeant Bradford was a graduate of Arlington High School, North Texas Agricultural College, and the A&M College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) as a member of the Class of 1939 majoring in Agricultural Education. He taught in the Gatesville public schools prior to entering the service.Bradford received gunnery training at Tyndall Field in Florida. He had completed 19 missions when he was reported missing over Germany on June 21, 1944. The family received notification that he was a prisoner on July 17th and had died on July 22, 1944.
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18177453

Bradford had the rank of Staff Sergeant. Occupation or specialty was Tail Gunner. Service number was 18177453. Served with 91th Bomber Group, Heavy, 322nd Bomber Squadron.Staff Sergeant Bradford was a graduate of Arlington High School, North Texas Agricultural College, and the A&M College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) as a member of the Class of 1939 majoring in Agricultural Education. He taught in the Gatesville public schools prior to entering the service.Bradford received gunnery training at Tyndall Field in Florida. He had completed 19 missions when he was reported missing over Germany on June 21, 1944. The family received notification that he was a prisoner on July 17th and had died on July 22, 1944.

Inscription

322 BOMB SQ 91 BOMB GP (H) TEXAS



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  • Maintained by: James Durham
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357237/joe_wayne-bradford: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Joe Wayne Bradford (11 Feb 1918–22 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56357237, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by James Durham (contributor 46994633).