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DWELLEY, William Joseph "Klottch" - Date of
birth
16 April 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington -
Hometown
Whatcom County, Washington
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39192685 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Off the northern tip of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Charles L. Dwelley (father)
Mary E. (Muth) Dwelley (mother)
Dorothy A. Dwelley (sister)
Charles M. Dwelley (brother)
Helen M. (Jacobson) Dwelley (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3249 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569
More information
T/Sgt William J. Dwelley graduated from Anacortes High School in 1934 where he participated in basketball and music and attended college before he was employed as a millwright.He enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 20 October 1942.
The airplane was lost as the result of enemy aircraft attacks and was last seen near the Dutch coast. It is assumed the airplane crashed into the sea, north of Texel. All crew members are still missing in action and are all remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
He is remembered at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in La Conner, Skagit County, Washington.
His picture was taken in high school in 1934.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.findagrave.com - Jean
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jean, Peter Schouteten, Anacortes High School yearbook, 1934