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Personal info

Full name
MOONEYHAM, Clarence Jr
Date of birth
16 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Clifty, Cumberland County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16082009
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
360th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Teplice, Czech Republic

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 17 20

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Mooneyham (father)
Pauline Mooneyham (stepmother)
Jean Mooneyham (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-8647
Data
Type: B-17G
Target: Schafstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 13596

More information

S/Sgt Clarence Mooneyham, Jr graduated from Central High School and Edmonton Business College. He was employed by the Federal Government on the Railroad Retirement Board.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 9 September 1942.

The aircraft collided with B-17 #43-38958.

All crew members of both airplanes, seventeen in total, were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.303rdbg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.303rdbg.com, HonorStates.org, Chattanooga Daily Times- 27 April 1945