Name:
Richard A. May
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-734484
Unit:
563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-06-21
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
East Coast Memorial Manhattan, New York
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
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Richard A. May was born on June 19, 1920. He attended Burlington High School and the Darlington Preparatory School in Georgia before entering the University in 1938. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in January 1942 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant and his bombardier's wings on Dec. 12, 1942. May was listed as missing after a mission in the North American area on June 20, 1943. He was declared dead 21 Jun 1943 along with the other 9 servicemen in the event.
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