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Personal info

Full name
DULIN, Charles Louis
Date of birth
23 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
O-757474
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
29 April 1944
Place of death
North Sea, 5 km west of Texel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Dulin Sr. (father)
May S. (Hill) Dulin (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102520
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin & return
Mission: Operational
MACR: 4468

More information

Charles Dulin attended Cornell College with the class of 1942. He was musician in a dance band before he enlisted on 12 August 1942 in Los Angeles, California.

The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed into the North Sea.



Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Bonus Case File, www.findagrave.com - Patrice Beam

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Chris vd Linden, www.findagrave.com - Patrice Beam