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416th Bombardment Group (L) Sgt. Alvin Orr Wylie Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 13170122 Killed In Action - Dec 25, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) Sgt. Alvin Orr Wylie Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 13170122 Killed In Action - Dec 25, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 1924, Parnassus, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Entered Military Service: Date: 12-May-1943 At: Greensboro, NC From: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 13170122 Buried: Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Pennsylvania On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
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Sgt Alvin O Wylie VETERAN ~ WW II ~ KILLED IN ACTION Alvin O. Wylie was born in 1924, in Pennsylvania, the son of Merle and Marie (nee Yetter) Wylie. He graduated from New Kensington High School in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and attended college for a year before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps, on 12 May 1943. He was sent for training as an aerial gunner, and was assigned to the 9th Air Force; 416th Bomb Group; 668th Bomb Squadron; aboard A-20 Havoc Light Bomber Aircraft. Christmas Day, 25 December 1944 9th Air Force; 416th Bomb Group (Light); 668th Bomb Squadron A/C: A20-J15 Havoc; Serial #: 43-21717; MACR #: 11668; On a Bombing Mission on the Ahutte Railhead at Losheim, Germany, Airplane hit by enemy anti-aircraftfire (FLAK); Airplane was seen spinning straight down to the ground with the left wing shot off; one parachute seen. Plane crashed before reaching the target, near Losheim, Germany. All 4 crewmembers were Killed In Action. Pilot: Capt. Richard B. Prentiss ~ O-789200 ~ Burlington, Chittenden County, VT Bomb/Nav: 1Lt. Francis H. Bursiel ~ O-749718 ~ Whitman, Essex County, MA Armorer-Gunner: SSgt. Daniel M. Brown ~ 35514148 ~ Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OH Armorer-Gunner: Sgt. Alvin O. Wylie ~ 13170122 ~ New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA Some time after the war, Sgt. Alvin O. Wylie's remains were returned to the U.S. and he was buried in Plum Creek Cemetery in Plum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Extracted from Find A Grave.com |
See also Sgt Alvin Orr Wylie Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
Disclaimer: IDPF files document efforts to locate, identify, move, notify relatives and provide final resting for Soldier Dead,
often months or years after death, thus some pages may contain potentially disturbing or distressing information.
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Click Here for information on WWII IDPFs.
See also MACR 11668 and Mission # 177
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