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GREER, Carl Edison Jr - Date of
birth
1922 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana -
Hometown
Bexar County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-532903 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - 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
Carl E. Greer (father)
Sarah J. (Mc Ginnis) Greer (mother)
Marvin E. Greer (brother)
Paul E. Greer (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3249 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569
More information
1st Lt. Carl E. Greer Jr. was a clerk.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in San Antonio, Texas on 5 January 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.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com -
1930 Census - The Greer Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-C/D, Thompson Robbins Field, Texas