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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Worth Bagley Jr
Date of birth
26 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bartlett, Bell County, Texas
Hometown
Bell County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18218070
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Crew Chief
Unit
95th Squadron,
440th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
200 yards south of highway N4, about 3 miles NW of Mande, St. Etienne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Worth B. White Sr. (father)
Afton N. (Leatherman) White (mother)
Betty J. White (wife)
Thomas E. White (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100906
Data
Type: C-47A
Destination: Bastogne, Belgium
Mission: Glider Tow
MACR: 11317

More information

T/Sgt Worth B. White Jr. enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 8 December 1942.

He served overseas since March, 1944.

Statement from 1st Lt. Japes P. Harper:
"I was flying on the right wing of Captain David G. Morton’s airplane. Just before coming to the LZ I noticed Captain Morton’s airplane was hit by flak and started to climb. The last I saw of the airplane was when it was going over my airplane with glider still in tow. Coming through the flak area after making a right turn, I noticed an airplane on my right going down in a shallow right turn. I also noticed two chutes come out of this latter plane and am quite sure they landed safely. I do not know whether the airplane crashed or not. I am not sure if this latter ship was that of Captain Morton."

A crewmember believed that T/Sgt White suffered wounds while in the plane and that he went down with the ship.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.ancestry.com – WWII Enlistment Record / Various Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.) - February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.) - February 1945