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name
SULLENS, Arthur J - Date of
birth
12 February 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Arkansas -
Hometown
Burris Fork, Moniteau County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37531188 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer -
Unit
825th Bombardment Squadron,
484th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 April 1945 - Place of
death
Linz, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 19 | 3 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Menzo E. Sullens (father)
Myrtle M. (Warrick) Sullens (mother)
Lloyd W. Sullens (brother)
Ruby L. Sullens (sister)
Mae M. Sullens (sister)
Gerald C. Sullens (brother)
Carmel R. Sullens (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-50762 -
Data
Type: B-24M
Destination: Linz, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 13994
More information
Several witnesses saw the airplane being struck by flak in the midsection along the bomb run. The tail section came off and then other parts of the plane began breaking apart as it fell. One parachute was seen.S/Sgt David L. Leap:
“T/Sgt Sullens would have had a hard time getting out of his turret to a chute and getting out of the plane for it was descending and spinning rapidly.”
He is remembered at the Olean Cemetery in Olean, Miller County, Missouri.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Harbin Burton Family / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Nancy Arnold Thompson, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Apr.45.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S / Nancy Arnold Thompson