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Donald Lewis Hissom
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Technical Sergeant
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366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-10-14
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Northview Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
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Donald Lewis Hissom was born on November 19, 1918, in Tyler, Tyler County, West Virginia. He was the son of Alven David Hissom and Lucy Jane Miller Hissom.
Donald served in the 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Bombardier on the B-17 #42-3195 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on October 14, 1943, when his airplane was shot down by a German fighter plane Ofw. Heckmann 1./JG1 and crashed at Waldenrath, Germany. He is now buried in the Northview Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA.