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Personal info

Full name
GUTHRIE, Max B
Date of birth
18 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Calloway County, Kentucky
Hometown
Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16160400
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Armorer Gunner
Unit
816th Bombardment Squadron,
483rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 July 1944
Place of death
Kempten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 19

Immediate family

Members
Howard Guthrie (father)
Artie (Harrison) Guthrie (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97671
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Memmingen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 6976

More information

S/Sgt Max B. Guthrie joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Detroit, Michigan on 9 December 1942.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters over the target.

He is remembered at the Murray City Cemetery in Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - Nia Gray, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAAFCombatOperations/Jul.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Kathy Thompson