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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ervin Earl Grissom

Hometown

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, UPLANDS (OTTAWA), ONTARIO ON OCTOBER 23, 1942. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 133 'FALCON' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (WESTERN AIR COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. XII (5387) CRASHED NEAR BOUNDARY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA ON APRIL 15, 1943. BURIED AT ORANGE GROVE CEMETERY, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.