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MADDOX, Clyde Stewart - Date of
birth
28 February 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Clyde, Callahan County, Texas -
Hometown
Palo Pinto County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18105661 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
495th Bombardment Squadron,
344th Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 May 1944 - Place of
death
Rue Desoyer
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 12 | 68 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Emmit C. Maddox (father)
Sarah F. (Stewart) Maddox (mother)
Allen C. Maddox (brother)
George W. Maddox (brother)
Robert F. Maddox (brother)
Charles P. Maddox (brother)
Gracie B. (Harris) Maddox (wife)
Clyde S. Maddox Jr. (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95913 -
Data
Type: B-26B
Destination: Paris, France
Mission: Bombing of the railroad bridge in Maisons-Lafitte
MACR: 5144
More information
T/Sgt Clyde S. Maddox volunteered for the U.S. Army in San Antonio, Texas on 28 May 1942.The airplane was hit by flak just before bombs away sending the B-26 into a dive with one engine on fire. The bail out alarm was immediately sounded but only two of the crew survived. It crashed at 1145hrs on a house in the Rue Leon Desoyer at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, killing two civilians.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, four men were killed.
T/Sgt Maddox is remembered at the New Gordon Cemetery in Gordon, Palo Pinto County, Texas.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michelle Spawn Family Tree, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Ellee Nestegard / Ken Jones