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Personal info

Full name
SHERRILL, Halsted
Date of birth
20 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-813596
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 August 1944
Place of death
Near Eichenberg, east of Kassel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 5 13

Immediate family

Members
Wilfrid H. Sherrill (father)
Emma H. (Sterling) Sherrill (mother)
Sterling Sherrill (brother)
Josephine V. Sherrill (sister)
Marjorie F. Sherrill (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31634
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Halle, Germany
Mission: Bombardment
MACR: 8184

More information

1st Lt Halsted Sherrill was employed at Bristol Myers Company before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 1 July 1942.

A/C 42-31634 was one of six (6) aircraft Missing in Action, 16 August 1944, on mission to Halle, Germany. This group was attacked by approximately twenty-five (25) enemy fighters at 1000 hours, altitude 25,400 feet, east of Eisenach, Germany. Four crew members were able to bail out just before the ship exploded. Lt Halsted Sherrill was killed in the explosion.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Page Family Tree / 1920 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Luc van der Sterren, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet