Name:
Julius Franklin, Jr. Greer
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
34356868
Unit:
535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-11-05
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Julius Franklin Greer, Jr. was born on April 6, 1910 in Monticello, Georgia. Julius was a B-17 right waist gunner assigned to 381st BG 535th BS, killed in action on November 5, 1943 on a mission to Gelsenkirchen, flying aboard #42-30852. He was Killed in Action on November 5, 1943 during a German fighter attack. His body was never recovered and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. He also has a cenotaph located in West View Cemetery, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia.
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