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Personal info

Full name
VINSON, Marvin Nelson
Date of birth
30 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
Hometown
Webster County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
O-756064
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
428th Fighter Squadron,
474th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 June 1944
Place of death
Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 64

Immediate family

Members
Marvin C. Vinson (father)
Norma N. Vinson (mother)
Robert Vinson (brother)
Kenneth Vinson (brother)
Harold Vinson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-67204
Data
Type: P-38J-5-LO
Destination: Paris-Dreux, France
Mission: Strafing
MACR: 6344

More information

1st Lt Marvin N. Vinson joined the Regular Army in Ames, Iowa on 25 May 1942.

Lt Vinson was forced to bail out at 2150 hrs after his aircraft caught fire about 20 north of Houdan in the Seine Valley, east of Dreux, during a dog-fight with FW190s. His aircraft crashed at Thiveral, about seven miles northwest of Versailles. He died of burn wounds six days later.

He was first buried at 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 / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot Class Book 43-I, Gardner Field, California / Pilot Class book 43-I, Williams Field, Arizona