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Personal info

Full name
GUYETTE, Harry Octave Jr
Date of birth
29 September 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Edgewood, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Kent County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
11070143
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
561st Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 July 1944
Place of death
Schleisheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 38 3

Immediate family

Members
Harry O. Guyette (father)
Elizabeth L. Guyette (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-32030
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Devil's Luck
Destination: Munich, Germany
MACR: 7744

More information

S/Sgt Harry O. Guyette Jr. graduated from Lakewood High School in 1939.

The airplane was hit by flak over the target and blew-up.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Lakewood High School 1939 / Providence Journal - 12 September 1944