Troxell Dee LaVern �Verne�

Monuments

Name:

Dee LaVern �Verne� Troxell

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

18184948

Unit:

711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1943-12-30

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Radio Operator of the B-17 �Maid to Please�. Took off from Rattlesden in the UK to bomb factories in Ludwigshafen. Shot down by German fighters over Coudray Farm (between Berville and Henonville, France) at 1309 on December 30, 1943. Son of Sallie R. Troxell of Shamrock, Texas.