Name:
Frank Peter De Cillis
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
32778269
Unit:
568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-09-18
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy
Plot:
J
Row:
12
Grave:
41
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Frank P. De Cillis was born on February 16, 1925, in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey. He was the son of Alfonso Decillis and Clara Colombina Decillis.
Frank served in the 568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner on the B-17 #43-38175 “I’ll Be Seeing You” during World War II. He was Killed in Action on September 18, 1944, when his aircraft was shot down by German artillery during a mission in Warsaw, Poland. He is now buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Italy.