McClure Donald D.

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Donald D. McClure is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

Name:

Donald D. McClure

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-025898

Unit:

435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-19

State:

Colorado

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Donald D. McClure entered military service in Colorado. He served in the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on 19 June 1944 in a mid-air collision over the Atlantic Ocean, piloting P-38J #42-68189. 1Lt McClure was declared Missing in Action. His name is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. His name is also listed on the Anglo-American Memorial in Saffron Walden, England, but his middle initial is B.

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