416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Marine W. Cheney Airplane Mechanic - Gunner,  17121760 Killed In Action - Dec 25, 1944 669th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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Born: 16-Jan-1922, Chrokee County, Kansas Entered Military Service: Date: 15-Oct-1942 At: Kansas City, MO From: Crawford County, Kansas NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 17121760 Buried: Girard Cemetery, Girard, Kansas On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave

See also S/Sgt Marine W. Cheney Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Ms. Corey Stewart, Archivist, NARA, St. Louis, MO)
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Comments from Pilot 1Lt Reece B. Robertson and a German document in Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 11922, indicate S/Sgt. Marine W. Cheney actually bailed out, survived the 24 December 1944 crash and was captured. However it appears Cheney was killed via a strafing attack on the railroad as he was being transferred to a "collection point" the next day, 25 December 1944.

See also MACR 11922 and Mission # 175

Photos and Documents

1925 KS State Census	1930 US Census	1940 US Census	Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 8 February 1944 Page 5
Headstone Application	Headstone Application	Cemetery Record	Headstone
WW II Army and Army Air Force Casualty List	National World War II Memorial Registry

Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources