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GARDNER, Lewis Scott - Date of
birth
11 November 1915 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Shelby, Giles County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-735190 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 October 1943 - Place of
death
Burgsteinfurt, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 51 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Hume F. Gardner (father)
Annie Gardner (mother)
Hume F. Gardner Jr. (brother)
Bessie Gardner (sister)
Jean (Bost) Gardner (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3328 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Miss Fortune
Destination: Munster, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 861
More information
2nd Lt Lewis S. Gardner graduated from Giles Co. High School, attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied under Don Grant in Nashville, Tennessee. He was employed as a commercial artist.He enlisted on 30 March 1942 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
42-3328 was hit by a rocket which blew the tail off and collided with another B-17, just above it. The accident occurred just after the target was reached. Both ships crumbled, and no parachutes were observed. Lt Gardner was on his 15th mission when shot down over Germany.
Lt Gardner was initially buried on 13 October 1943 at the Protestant Cemetery in Burgsteinfurt, grave 13.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / 1920 Census, http://www.cmstory.org - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / The Charlotte Observer, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.cmstory.org - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / The Charlotte Observer