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Personal info

Full name
MADDOX, Jewel C
Date of birth
30 June 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Hometown
Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34365015
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
29 March 1944
Place of death
Near Neuenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John M. Maddox (father)
Anna (Keith) Maddox (mother)
Wilma M. (Hardin) Maddox (sister)
Pauline W. Maddox (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97246
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombardment
MACR: 3474

Biography

www.hctgs.org

More information

T/Sgt Jewel C. Maddox enlisted in the Army at Fort Oglethorpe, GA on August 18, 1942 with Gunnery Training at Amarillo, Texas where his specialty was .50 caliber machine guns.

A/C 42-97246 was attacked by enemy fighters over target. Two men were killed by enemy fire. Five crew members bailed out and survived. The remaining three crew members, including T/Sgt Jewel Maddox were killed in the crash. The MACR indicates that T/Sgt Maddox was initially interred at the Ehrenfriedhof Osterholz in Bremen.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers/Steve Cartan, http://www.hctgs.org