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Personal info

Full name
HAMPTON, Neil Herbert
Date of birth
22 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
O-703563
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
832nd Bombardment Squadron,
486th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 13

Immediate family

Members
Wallace H. Hampton (father)
Elizabeth Hampton (mother)
Wallace B. Hampton (brother)
Donald E. Hampton (brother)
Priscilla (Smith) Hampton (wife)
N. Gary Hampton (son)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38140
Data
Type: B-17G
Mission: Merseburg, Germany
MACR: 10167

More information

2nd Lt Neil H. Hampton graduated from Ballard High School and attended the University of Washington.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in San Antonio, Texas in November 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

The plane was hit near the target and lost one engine. A second engine was lost near the RP and the aircraft had to leave the formation. The aircraft was last seen 30 miles from the RP. The pilot had issued a call for fighter escort, but it is not known if any arrived to assist. The plane crashed after being shot down by flak near Erkrath Germany.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Marriage Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Priscilla Hampton Gray, www.ancestry.com - Ballard High School yearbook 1939 and 1940