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GIFFORD, Bruno Muller - Date of
birth
22 November 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Hawley, Wayne County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Hawley, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13195100 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Outskirts of Wörth am Rhein, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Maurice B. Gifford (father)
Irma M. J. (Mueller) Gifford (mother)
Betty J. Gifford (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38795 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Maximiliansau, Germany
MACR: 11586
More information
Sgt Bruno M. Gifford joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 7 December 1943.Flak hit in bomb bay, exploded and crashed near Wörth am Rhein, Germany.
He is remembered at the Green Gates Cemetery in Hawley, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Cline Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Peter Drysdale
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam