Whaley A. D.

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

F-7A 42-64189 Plaque

Name:

A. D. Whaley

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

14158991

Unit:

24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photographic Group

Date of Death:

1944-08-11

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri

Plot:

Section 82

Row:

Grave:

114B-D

Decoration:

Comments:

A. D. Whaley was born on March 4, 1916. He resided in Sevier County, Tennessee prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 18, 1942, at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Mechanic and also as Married. A. D. served as a Sergeant on F-7A (#42-64189), 24th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He was "Killed In Action" when the F-7A he was on crashed, for an undetermined reason, in India during the war. He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA on March 7, 1950.

Sgt Whaley was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945.

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