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Capt. Alan C. Attebery

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Capt. Alan C. Attebery Veteran

Birth
Death
7 Mar 1946 (aged 28)
Burial
Atlanta, Macon County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Missouri.
Entered Service: July 3, 1941.
Branch of Service; Army Air Corps.
Trained at Chanute Field, Illinois; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Victoria,
Texas.
Overseas; February, 1943.
Theatre of Operations; South Pacific.
Engagements; NewGuinea Area; Bismarck Battle. September, 1943,
was taken out of bornbing to carry personnel from Australia to New
Guinea.
Decorations; Presidential Citation and Air Medal.
Rank; Captain.
Total Time Served; Thirty—six months and five days.
Son of Mr. lra R. and Mrs. Lillie B. Attebery. Also has one brother.
Lost while flying a special mission carrying seventeen officers and
technicians from Nodzab, New Guinea to Baik Island.

Son of Mr. lra R. and Mrs. Lillie B. Attebery. Also has one brother.
Lost while flying a special mission carrying seventeen officers and
technicians from Nodzab, New Guinea to Baik Island.
Missouri.
Entered Service: July 3, 1941.
Branch of Service; Army Air Corps.
Trained at Chanute Field, Illinois; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Victoria,
Texas.
Overseas; February, 1943.
Theatre of Operations; South Pacific.
Engagements; NewGuinea Area; Bismarck Battle. September, 1943,
was taken out of bornbing to carry personnel from Australia to New
Guinea.
Decorations; Presidential Citation and Air Medal.
Rank; Captain.
Total Time Served; Thirty—six months and five days.
Son of Mr. lra R. and Mrs. Lillie B. Attebery. Also has one brother.
Lost while flying a special mission carrying seventeen officers and
technicians from Nodzab, New Guinea to Baik Island.

Son of Mr. lra R. and Mrs. Lillie B. Attebery. Also has one brother.
Lost while flying a special mission carrying seventeen officers and
technicians from Nodzab, New Guinea to Baik Island.

Inscription

CAPT ALAN C. ATTEBERY
5th Air Force Service Command
Born at Atlanta, Mo. Feb. 27, 1918
Reported missing July 8, 1944
while flying a special mission from
Nadzab, New Guinea to Biak Island.
Officially deceased Mar. 7, 1946.

Air Medal for meritorious achievement
while participating in sustained
operational flight missions from
17 Apr. 1943 to 16 Nov. 1943 in the
southwest Pacific area.



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