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MISSEY, Everett Joseph - Date of
birth
9 May 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Fertile, Washington County, Missouri -
Hometown
Washington County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37375929 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
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
John E. Missey (father)
Mary A. (Bequette) Missey (mother)
Furman Missey (brother)
Sylvester Missey (brother)
Leona L. Missey (sister)
Freida E. Missey (sister)
Milton J. Missey (brother)
Ivan Missey (brother)
Joseph I. Missey (brother)
John T. Missey (brother)
Clifford Missey (brother)
Theresa Missey (sister)
J. Edward Missey (brother)
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 Everett J. Missey was a serviceman for the telephone company.He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 6 August 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, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940/1950 Census / Family Trees, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/media/media-15002.jpeg
