Ceely David Lyman

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David Lyman Ceely is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

David Lyman Ceely

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

12162589

Unit:

561st Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-12-20

State:

New Jersey

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Hear

Comments:

David Lyman Ceely was born in 1923 in New York to Lyman and Mabel Ceely. He graduated from the Allendale School on June 16, 1937. He served in World War II as a Staff Sergeant, and was lost in action on December 20, 1943 while flying on a combat mission to Bremen, Germany. He is still missing and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Ssgt Ceely was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.