McClendon Carl Elgin

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Carl Elgin McClendon is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

493rd Bombardment Group Honor Roll

Name:

Carl Elgin McClendon

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-716749

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1944-07-20

State:

Alabama

Cemetery:

Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

356

Decoration:

Comments:

Carl Elgin McClendon was born on March 23, 1922, in Warrenton, Alabama. He was the son of Homer E McClendon and Emma E Alexander McClendon.

On July 20, 1944, he was serving aboard B-24 #41-29560 �Mizry Merchant� as a Bombardier when it ran out of fuel off Bawdsey and crashed in the English Channel. 2Lt McClendon was the only member of the crew to be killed. He is now buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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