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SSgt William A. Monson

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SSgt William A. Monson Veteran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
5 Jan 1944 (aged 22)
France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
D, Row 16, Grave47
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Air Forces
Service #35473719
331st Bomber Squadron,
94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Model: B-17G, Serial# 42-31212, Group:94BG, Squadron 331BS, MACR Report #1890
Notes: MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Glen Johnson, Co-Pilot: Ralph Patton, Navigator: Milton Church, Bombardier: Jack McGough, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Ralph Hall, Radio Operator: Ken Blye, Waist Gunner: Isadore Viola (7EVD), Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Stubblefield, Waist Gunner: "Bill Monson", Tail Gunner: Carlton Coleman (3KIA). Enemy aircraft ripped tailplane , crashed Petit Paris, near Kergrist- Moelou, 34 miles NE L'Orient, Fr. MACR 1890.
(source: B-17 Master Log- Dave Osbourne

Graduated from New Richmond, Ohio
High School, 1939
U.S. Army Air Forces
Service #35473719
331st Bomber Squadron,
94th Bomber Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Model: B-17G, Serial# 42-31212, Group:94BG, Squadron 331BS, MACR Report #1890
Notes: MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Glen Johnson, Co-Pilot: Ralph Patton, Navigator: Milton Church, Bombardier: Jack McGough, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Ralph Hall, Radio Operator: Ken Blye, Waist Gunner: Isadore Viola (7EVD), Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Stubblefield, Waist Gunner: "Bill Monson", Tail Gunner: Carlton Coleman (3KIA). Enemy aircraft ripped tailplane , crashed Petit Paris, near Kergrist- Moelou, 34 miles NE L'Orient, Fr. MACR 1890.
(source: B-17 Master Log- Dave Osbourne

Graduated from New Richmond, Ohio
High School, 1939

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Ohio.



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  • Maintained by: gjbrell
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56647946/william_a-monson: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt William A. Monson (2 Sep 1921–5 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56647946, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by gjbrell (contributor 36760713).