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NAME Wallace Gordon Wilson |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 411869 |
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| UNIT VMSB-243 Radioman / Gunner |
HOME OF RECORD 117 Pine Street Lockport, NY |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Jessie Wilson |
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| DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1921 at Ogdensburg, NY |
ENTERED SERVICE July 9, 1942 at Syracuse, NY |
DATE OF LOSS June 11, 1943 |
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| REGION Central Pacific |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Palmyra Island |
CASUALTY TYPE Accidental death |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 11 June 1943, 1Lt. George O. McClain and Cpl. Wilson were flying an SBD-4 Dauntless bomber attached to Naval Air Station, Palmyra. They were instructed to intercept an incoming PB2Y flying boat. A violent storm with heavy rain forced SBD down, and it crashed at sea some 25 miles from Palmyra. A crash boat was sent to the scene but found only floating wreckage. Searches continued throughout the day, but no trace of McClain or Wilson was found. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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