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.