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COX, Clarence Wilson - Date of
birth
29 January 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Abbeville County, South Carolina -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34649659 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
748th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
24 August 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of the islands of Pellworm en Amrum, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas H. Cox Sr. (father)
Lila J. (Stone) Cox (mother)
Thomas H. Cox Jr. (brother)
Davis S. Cox (brother)
Sarah T. Cox (sister)
Marilla E. Cox (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97558 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Tis me Sugar
Destination: Weimar, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 8200
More information
Sgt Clarence W. Cox enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, on 23 March 1943.One report says that there were no fighters or flak and the plane simply left the formation and was not seen again.
Another report stated that it was hit by a lone fighter plane, lost two engines, went into a spin and later exploded at a lower altitude.
It is not entirely clear where the aircraft must have crashed, probably in the North Sea, near the islands of Pellworm or Amrum. This is based on the fact that the remains of one crew member, Robert P. Stewart, were found on the island of Pellworm, and that the remains of Paul J. Terjak washed ashore on the west coast of Amrum on 9 September 1944, where he was buried in the Neuer Friedhof that same day.
Sgt Cox is remembered at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 457thbombgroupassoc.org, MACR 8200, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, SC State Library
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, SC State Library, 457thbombgroupassoc.org, www.findagrave.com