World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William K. Eccles
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Anegles, California
Honored By
Jan Bos
CORPORAL, WAS RADIO OPERATOR OF C-47 42-23644 OF THE 47TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 313TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE AIRPLANE WAS HIT BY FRIENDLY FIRE AND EXPLODED MIDAIR. ALL CREW MEMBERS DIED IN THE EXPLOSION. THEY WERE NEVER RECOVERED. HIS NAME IS MEMORIALIZED ON THE WALL OF MISSING OF THE SICILY ROME CEMETERY, NETTUNO, ITALY.