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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Charles N. Gentry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Umatilla, Florida

Honored By

William David Wilson, 6th Bomb Group Co.

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

CORPORAL, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 39TH SQUADRON, 6TH BOMB GROUP ON TINIAN ISLAND. ON 12 FEBRUARY 1945, HE WAS AN OBSERVER ON A RADAR SEARCH MISSION FOR JAPANESE SHIPPING BETWEEN TINIAN AND THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. FORTY FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THEY CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.