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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Melvin O. Gilliam

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Waco, Texas

Honored By

Gene & Mary Moxley

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

TECHNICAL SERGEANT. RADIO OPERATOR AND WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 781ST SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HE BAILED OUT OF HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES ON A COMBAT MISSION TO AN OIL REFINERY IN BLECHHAMMER, GERMANY ON 17 DECEMBER 1944. HE WAS EVACUATED BY FRIENDLY FORCES TO BARI, ITALY ON 14 JANUARY 1945.