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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
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Item Details: |
Record Id:
5178 |
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War: |
WWII |
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Name: |
Wilbur
Stevens
Hall |
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Sex: |
M |
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Race: |
W |
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County: |
Calhoun |
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Community: |
Grantsville |
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Branch of Service: |
AAF |
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Rank: |
S/Sgt |
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Service Number: |
35750332 |
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Date of Death: |
1944/07/21 |
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Place of Death: |
off England |
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Cause of Death: |
KIA - plane crash |
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Place of Burial: |
MemorialiizedCambridge American Cem, England |
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Unit: |
422 BMB Sq 305 BMB |
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Date of Birth: |
1924/05/16 |
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Place of Birth: |
Gilmer Co. |
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Father:
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Samuel S. Hall |
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Mother: |
Frieda Iona Langford Hall |
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Spouse: |
Anna Mae Barker Hall |
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Date of Marriage: |
1944/01/04 |
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Place of Marriage: |
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Children:
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Judith Ann Hall |
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Date Added to Memorial: |
Original |
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Source: |
WV Vet Mem Application; Calhoun Chronicle -death notice - 19 April 1945; Calhoun County in World War II by R.E. & Joy C. Stevens; State of West Virginia Dept of Health Birth Certificate; Gilmer County Clerks' birth certificate; War Department The Adjutant General's Office Washington DC - death notice - 15 March 1945; Fairmont Times 1944/08/19 and 1945/04/04 |
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Notes: |
Air Medal and Purple Heart
Employed by a steel co. in Pittsburg prior to enlistment.
Carved twice as Wilbur Hall and Wilbur S. Hall
Military record has him as a "member of the crew of a B-17 type aircraft which was reported missing in action over the North Sea 21 July 1944 on a mission to Werzburg, Germany. Shortly after crossing into Continental Europe, the plane was subjected to intense anti-aircraft fire, and was damaged and started to return to its base. While crossing the North Sea, the plane exploded in the air and crashed into the water. Rescue units succeeded in picking up only one survivor. It has been officially established from reports received in the War Department that your son was killed in action on 21 July 1944 when his plane crashed into the North Sea off Crferdness, England."
Also memorialized at WV National Cemetery, Grafton
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