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Personal info

Full name
NALE, Cletus B
Date of birth
3 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-814735
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
61st Fighter Squadron,
56th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 May 1944
Place of death
Süderwalsede, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 40

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Nale (father)
Edna M. (Culbertson) Nale (mother)
Lee E. Nale (brother)
Ivy G. Nale (sister)
Grant Nale (brother)
Emma J. Nale (sister)
John A. Nale (brother)
Ada R. Nale (sister)
Violet E. Nale (sister)
Dorothy E. Nale (sister)
Elmira M. Nale (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-74752
Data
Type: P-47D-6 RE
Mission: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Rodeo
MACR: 5398

More information

Cletus B. Nale enlisted on 7 November 1941 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Michel Beckers, Todd A. Peachey, Nigel Julian, Astrid va Erp, www.56thfightergroup.co.uk, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree

Photo source: Michel Beckers, Nigel Julian, www.56thfightergroup.co.uk, Guy Maes