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Personal info

Full name
CANNON, George Miller Jr
Date of birth
18 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Iron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-766419
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
394th Fighter Squadron,
367th Fighter Group
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Near Darmstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George M. Cannon (father)
Orah (Blough) Cannon (mother)
Josephine A. Cannon (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-23657
Data
Type: P-38J
Nickname: Just Lazy
Destination: Area northeast of Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Mission: Armed recconnaissance
MACR: 12292

More information

1st Lt George M. Cannon Jr. attended the University of Michigan before he joined the Regular Army in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 5 December 1942.

The aircraft was shot down by flak.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Frailing Thimblin Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://www.rcuniverse.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen, www.ancestry.com - Cynthia Nelson, LearJetMech (great nephew), Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 44-B, Williams Field, Arizona