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NAME Donald Frederick Meyers |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-8041 |
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| HOME OF RECORD 2427 Cuvier Street, La Jolla, CA raised Bass Brook, MN |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Cora Virginia Meyers |
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| DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1918 |
ENTERED SERVICE 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS December 3, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomons |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE MIA / Declared Dead December 4, 1943 |
UNIT VMF-122 |
DUTY Pilot |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS First Lieutenant Donald Meyers was reported as missing in action following an operational flight out of the Solomon Islands. He may have participated in a strike on the Tokyo Express, which encountered heavy antiaircraft fire over the target and bad weather on the return trip. Nothing was seen of Lieutenant Meyers, or his aircraft (F4F-4 Bureau Number 12082) after 3 December 1942. He was declared dead as of 4 December 1943, and honored with a posthumous promotion to the rank of captain. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant posthumous Captain |
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| STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Itasca Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MN Manila American Cemetery |
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