World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Archie M. Gordon
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
James & John Hammond
2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A B-24 BOMBARDIER, 577TH OF THE 392ND BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE, WENDLING, ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN ON APRIL 18, 1944 ON 25TH AND FINAL MISSION RETURNING FROM CUXHAVEN, LUFTWAFFE AIR BASE, GERMANY, NEAR BERLIN. MISSING AIR CREW REPORT NUMBER 4053 STATES BURIAL IN TIECKOW COUNTY CEMETERY, THEN RE-INTERRED TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. FLOWN THE DIFFICULT MISSIONS TO KIEL, BERLIN, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AND THE GOTHA RAID, FOR WHICH THE 392ND BOMB GROUP WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION FOR DESTROYING THE MESSERSCMIDT FIGHTER FACTORY ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 1944.