Name:
Willard L. Watson
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-777878
Unit:
454th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-09-28
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Plot:
I
Row:
18
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Comments:
Willard L. Watson was born on 1921. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a Second Lieutenant in the 454th Bomber Squadron, 323rd Bomber Group, Medium. He entered service in Missouri. Crewmember of the B-26 Marauder "Little Lulu" which took off from the A-40 Airfield in Chartres and crashed just 4 km away due to unknown reasons. All five crewmembers perished in the crash. He died on September 28, 1944, was initially buried at Villeneuve-sur-Auvers in France and is now buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.