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Personal info

Full name
LAYMAN, George Stanley
Date of birth
5 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Harrah, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Harrah, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38404158
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
732nd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 June 1944
Place of death
North Sea near Walcheren Island, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 44

Immediate family

Members
Frank Layman (father)
Mary R. (Zvonek) Layman (mother)
Edna M. Layman (sister)
Frank J. Layman (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28619
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Juvincourt, France
MACR: 6232

More information

The airplane was hit by flak.

The plane crashed 2 km northeast of Vlissingen. George Layman was first buried at the cemetery of Vlissingen.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com Riley/Brice Combined Trees, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com