George W. Alexander was born in 1923 in Louisiana. He was the son of Euline Royce Alexander.

George was a POW in a Philippine POW camp where later he was liberated and returned to duty. At the time of his death, George was serving in the 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, as a First Lieutenant and Aircraft Commander on the B-29 #44-61666 'Sweet Sixteen.'

On September 4, 1945, the crew was dropping relief supplies to the POW camp in Kawaminami Kogyo Koyagijima Shipyard in Koyagi Village, Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture (now Koyagi Town, Nagasaki City ). However, due to an unknown circumstance, they crashed into Mount Sashiki on the opposite shore of Koyagi Island, killing thirteen members of the crew (including 1Lt Alexander). Only one survived. The bodies of those who were killed were cremated in the pow camp by the prisoners of war and enshrined in the Oura Catholic Church. 1Lt Alexander has a cenotaph in the Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.