Teague Giles Lamar

Name:

Giles Lamar Teague

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-552732

Unit:

602nd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1944-12-30

State:

North Carolina

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Ličge, Belgium

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Comments:

Giles Lamar Teague was born on October 31, 1916, in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. He was the son of Giles Moses Teague and Maude Whitley Teague. He enlisted in the service on October 23, 1942. He graduated from the Marianna, Florida, Army Air Forces school as a flight officer on November 19, 1943. He served in the 602nd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, as a First Lieutenant and Co-Pilot of B-17 #42-102610 nicknamed ''Boomerang'' during World War II.

On December 30, 1944, during a mission targeting Bischoffsheim, Germany, Boomerang failed to make the assembly and was seen trailing smoke before crashing into the English Channel off Beachy Head, UK. All nine crew members aboard were killed in action.

1Lt Teague was reported Missing in Action and officially declared dead on December 30, 1944. His name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Ličge, Belgium. He also has a cenotaph in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA. Giles L. Teague's name is inscribed on the Anstey Window Memorial in Panel 2 (center), on Butterfly 8, in the top left wing (section A).

Source of information: www.americanairmuseum.com, www.398th.org