Son of Mrs. Mattie Johnson who resided in Topeka, Kansas.
Mark served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29 "Humpin' Honey" #42-6299, 770th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Decatur County, Kansas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-6299 took off, with a crew of 11 & 107 other B-29's, from Kuinglai, China on a bombing mission over a arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria, China.
During this mission B-29 #42-6299 was rammed, head on, by a Japanese fighter plane which caused them to crash. A total of sixteen B-29's were lost on this mission.
Mark was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-738620
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-6299:
Cleland, Mark R ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, KS
Colby, Aurelius M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NH
Gwaltney, Kenneth B ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
Kremer, Joseph D ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, AZ
Krueger, Charles H ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, WI
O'Donnell, Frank R ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Roth, Herbert H ~ Sgt, Radar Observer, OH
Ruddy, Charles W ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Zavala, Raoul ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, CA
S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Beckwith (Right Gunner) and Sgt. Walter E. Huss (Left Gunner) both bailed out and survived. They became POW's of the Japanese Army and were released at the end of the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Mark R. Cleland is listed as Missing in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as China on 7 Dec 1944. Missing Air Crew Report #10125.
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 has a listing for him in the 1940 yearbook edition for Fort Hays State College, Kansas as a freshman.
***I would like to thank Sam Pennartz Find A Grave ID 47381848 for adding his photo of Mark to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ralph the Cemetery Guy Find A Grave ID 47298096 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Decatur County Museum Find A Grave ID 48443890 for linking his parents to this memorial***
Mark served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29 "Humpin' Honey" #42-6299, 770th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Decatur County, Kansas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-6299 took off, with a crew of 11 & 107 other B-29's, from Kuinglai, China on a bombing mission over a arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria, China.
During this mission B-29 #42-6299 was rammed, head on, by a Japanese fighter plane which caused them to crash. A total of sixteen B-29's were lost on this mission.
Mark was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-738620
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-6299:
Cleland, Mark R ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, KS
Colby, Aurelius M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NH
Gwaltney, Kenneth B ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
Kremer, Joseph D ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, AZ
Krueger, Charles H ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, WI
O'Donnell, Frank R ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Roth, Herbert H ~ Sgt, Radar Observer, OH
Ruddy, Charles W ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Zavala, Raoul ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, CA
S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Beckwith (Right Gunner) and Sgt. Walter E. Huss (Left Gunner) both bailed out and survived. They became POW's of the Japanese Army and were released at the end of the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Mark R. Cleland is listed as Missing in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as China on 7 Dec 1944. Missing Air Crew Report #10125.
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 has a listing for him in the 1940 yearbook edition for Fort Hays State College, Kansas as a freshman.
***I would like to thank Sam Pennartz Find A Grave ID 47381848 for adding his photo of Mark to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ralph the Cemetery Guy Find A Grave ID 47298096 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Decatur County Museum Find A Grave ID 48443890 for linking his parents to this memorial***
Son of Mrs. Mattie Johnson who resided in Topeka, Kansas.
Mark served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29 "Humpin' Honey" #42-6299, 770th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Decatur County, Kansas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-6299 took off, with a crew of 11 & 107 other B-29's, from Kuinglai, China on a bombing mission over a arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria, China.
During this mission B-29 #42-6299 was rammed, head on, by a Japanese fighter plane which caused them to crash. A total of sixteen B-29's were lost on this mission.
Mark was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-738620
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-6299:
Cleland, Mark R ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, KS
Colby, Aurelius M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NH
Gwaltney, Kenneth B ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
Kremer, Joseph D ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, AZ
Krueger, Charles H ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, WI
O'Donnell, Frank R ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Roth, Herbert H ~ Sgt, Radar Observer, OH
Ruddy, Charles W ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Zavala, Raoul ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, CA
S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Beckwith (Right Gunner) and Sgt. Walter E. Huss (Left Gunner) both bailed out and survived. They became POW's of the Japanese Army and were released at the end of the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark R. Cleland is listed as Missing in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as China on 7 Dec 1944. Missing Air Crew Report #10125.
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 has a listing for him in the 1940 yearbook edition for Fort Hays State College, Kansas as a freshman.
***I would like to thank Sam Pennartz Find A Grave ID 47381848 for adding his photo of Mark to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ralph the Cemetery Guy Find A Grave ID 47298096 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Decatur County Museum Find A Grave ID 48443890 for linking his parents to this memorial***
Mark served as a First Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-29 "Humpin' Honey" #42-6299, 770th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Decatur County, Kansas prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 7, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-6299 took off, with a crew of 11 & 107 other B-29's, from Kuinglai, China on a bombing mission over a arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria, China.
During this mission B-29 #42-6299 was rammed, head on, by a Japanese fighter plane which caused them to crash. A total of sixteen B-29's were lost on this mission.
Mark was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-738620
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-6299:
Cleland, Mark R ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, KS
Colby, Aurelius M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NH
Gwaltney, Kenneth B ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
Kremer, Joseph D ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, AZ
Krueger, Charles H ~ 1st Lt, Engineer, WI
O'Donnell, Frank R ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Roth, Herbert H ~ Sgt, Radar Observer, OH
Ruddy, Charles W ~ Sgt, Gunner, NY
Zavala, Raoul ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, CA
S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Beckwith (Right Gunner) and Sgt. Walter E. Huss (Left Gunner) both bailed out and survived. They became POW's of the Japanese Army and were released at the end of the war.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark R. Cleland is listed as Missing in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Shawnee County, Kansas.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as China on 7 Dec 1944. Missing Air Crew Report #10125.
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 has a listing for him in the 1940 yearbook edition for Fort Hays State College, Kansas as a freshman.
***I would like to thank Sam Pennartz Find A Grave ID 47381848 for adding his photo of Mark to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ralph the Cemetery Guy Find A Grave ID 47298096 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Decatur County Museum Find A Grave ID 48443890 for linking his parents to this memorial***
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