Jeffrey Donald Walter

Name:

Donald Walter Jeffrey

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

35900479

Unit:

547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1945-03-19

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

C

Row:

1

Grave:

67

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Donald Walter Jeffrey, aged 28, was born on March 7, 1917, in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. He was married to Luella M. Erickson Jeffrey.

Donald served in the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner of the B17G 43-39035 during World War II. On March 19, 1945, he was on the crew of the B-17G #43-39035 during a mission to bomb industrial oil sites in Plauen, Germany. They suffered battle damage and were experiencing poor weather conditions on their return trip. They dropped out of formation to a lower altitude, then collided with some trees before crashing at Coley Hill near Reigate, in England. There were no survivors.

Jeffrey is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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