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Personal info

Full name
POWELL, Don Riley
Date of birth
3 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
Hometown
Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada

Military service

Service number
O-752936
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
342nd Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1944
Place of death
Grossraming, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 23

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Powell (father)
Lola L. (Ludwick) Powell (mother)
William A. Powell (brother)
Paul Powell (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30343
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Styer, Austria
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 3586

More information

2nd Lt Don Powell graduated from Church County High School in 1936.
He enlisted on 23 June 1941 at Blythe Army Air Base, California.
The aircraft was shot down by fighters.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
http://forum.armyairforces.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, Nevada State Journal, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com Nevada State Journal, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-12, Deming AAF, New Mexico, Churchill County High School, 1936