McConnell Walter Clyde, Jr.

Monuments

Pilots William Tippett & Walter McConnell Memorial -14th Fighter Group

Saint-Martin-de-Crau Air Crash Monument

Name:

Walter Clyde, Jr. McConnell

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-816901

Unit:

49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-08-14

State:

North Carolina

Cemetery:

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Hear

Comments:

Walter Clyde McConnell, Jr. was born on July 29, 1922 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was the son of Walter Clyde and Elnora Caldwell McConnell. Walter Clyde, Jr. served in the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group as First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 14, 1944 during the liberation of Arles, France. He was declared Missing in Action and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, France. He also has a cenotaph located in Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.