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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

George Edward Cisco

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jerseyville, Illinois

Honored By

Charles Henry Atkinson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

He initially joined the U.S. Army’s 761st Tank Battalion after graduating from officer training school at Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1943, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Eventually, he transferred to the Army Air Corps and earned his pilot’s wings, officially becoming a Tuskegee Airman. He was killed on a training mission on August 16, 1944, when his Thunderbolt plane was hit by another plane as it landed at Walterboro Air Base in South Carolina.