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HALL, Joseph David - Date of
birth
19 April 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12132303 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 August 1944 - Place of
death
Hergarten, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph M. Hall (father)
Violet M. (Murphy) Hall (mother)
Jane A. Hall (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5437 -
Data
Type B-17F
Nickname: Frank's Nightmare
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing industry
MACR: 282
More information
S/Sgt Joseph D. Hall attended 1college and was employed at the Hercules Powder Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Camden, New Jersey on 16 September 1942.The mission took place on 17 August 1943
1st Lt Robert E. Nichols:
A/C out of 91st Group behind and to our left (believed to be A/C 437) was hit by flak at Woensdrecht and then by E/A at or about 1410. A/C snapped up out of formation and half fell into tight spin getting tighter and tighter. Last seen at 1413, at an altitude of 18000 feet in vicinity of 5014N 0711E. It is believed that one parachute came from this airplane.
Nine crew members were killed, one was taken prisoner.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bignell Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Robert Fox