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Personal info

Full name
MCCLELLAN, Charles Edward
Date of birth
23 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Glassport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35609070
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Gunner
Unit
825th Bombardment Squadron,
484th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 August 1944
Place of death
Near Szolnok, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 8 33

Immediate family

Members
Howard G. McClellan (father)
Maude (Freet) McClellan (mother)
Kenneth McClellan (brother)
Vernon McClellan (brother)
George McClellan (brother)
Virginia McClellan (sister)
Viola McClellan (sister)
Mabel McClellan (sister)
Daisy McClellan (sister)
Margaret McClellan (wife)
Juanita McClellan (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52438
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Damned Yankee
Destination: Szolnok, Hungary
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 7687

More information

S/Sgt Charles E. McClellan was a driver before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 1 April 1943.

Capt George F. Coleman Jr.:

"I believe the airplane was hit by fragmentation bombs released from a higher element in the same bombing formation."

2nd Lt Thaddeus H. Walker:

"S/Sgt McClellan was either unable to reach his chute because of the gyrations of the falling ship, or he was unconscious as a result of the explosion. It is believed that he was killed in the ensuing crash."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Canton Repository - 31 August 1945