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Personal info

Full name
STALLINGS, Roland Charles
Date of birth
6 April 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas
Hometown
Gladewater, Gregg and Upshur County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38307734
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 March 1944
Place of death
Three miles of Elze, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Eally G. Stallings (father)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31716
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Bosch Electricity Works
MACR: 3428

More information

T/Sgt Roland C. Stallings enlisted on 25 January 1943 in Tyler, Texas.

His aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft. He was last seen by a crew member, injured in the radio room. It was his second mission.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com/db/index.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.ancestry.com - Gladewater High School Yearbook 1942, Gary Melton