 | NAME Charles Ray Whitaker | NICKNAME — | SERVICE NUMBER 416399 | |
| UNIT VMSB-244 Radioman / Gunner | HOME OF RECORD 529 East D Avenue Glendale, AZ | NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Bertha Whitaker | ||
| DATE OF BIRTH August 4, 1922 at Roswell, NM | ENTERED SERVICE July 27, 1942 at Phoenix, AZ | DATE OF LOSS May 15, 1943 | ||
| REGION Central Pacific | CAMPAIGN / AREA Midway | CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death | ||
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 15 May 1943, Whitaker was on a routine flightwhen his aircraft (SBD-4 BuNo 06934) failed to recover from a dive and “fell straight into the water; pilot, 1st Lt. James E. Davis, Jr., and [Whitaker] killed instantly.” The cause of the accident was unclear, and neither man’s body could be recovered. | ||||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart | LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class | STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. | MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial | |
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