Name:
Elmer E. Stilfield
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
40th Bombardment Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-30
State:
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 81
Row:
Grave:
282-283
Decoration:
Comments:
Elmer E. Stilfield served in the 40th Bombardment Group as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of an aircraft during World War II. He was killed when U.S. Army Air Forces B-29-1-BW Superfortress #42-6240 crashed from unknown causes, 25 miles southeast of Likiang, China. Seven other airmen also perished. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA in a common grave with his crew. Tsgt Stilfield was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.