2Lt Buel Watson Bates (1918-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

2Lt Buel Watson Bates Veteran

Birth

10 Jun 1918

Maytown, Thurston County, Washington, USA

Death

7 Jun 1944 (aged 25)

Basse-Normandie, France

Burial

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

Plot

Buried at: Plot B Row 8 Grave 29

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397th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group
(supported the 29th division and its drive toward Saint Lo)
KIA 07June44
MACR #5716, Shot down by flak near Littry, France.
P-47D-16-RE 42-76104

Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

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Entered the service from Washington.

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Virginia Betty "Jinny" Bellis Ballinger

1923–2001 (m. 1940)

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Ora Glen Bates

Iva Iona Watson Bates

Virginia Betty "Jinny" Bellis Ballinger

Manley Powell Bates

Glenn Hall Bates

Veda Murriel Bates Davis

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Ora Glen Bates

Iva Iona Watson Bates

Virginia Betty "Jinny" Bellis Ballinger

Manley Powell Bates

Glenn Hall Bates

Veda Murriel Bates Davis

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