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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Byron Homer Garoutte

Hometown

Seal Beach, California

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 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON MAY 19, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 432 'LEASIDE-PANTHER' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK X (HZ481) CRASHED NEAR ZOUTLEEUW, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON JULY 4, 1943. BURIED AT HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, HEVERLEE, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED ON THE ZOUTLEEUW ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE MEMORIAL.