Malkemus William Risdon

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William Risdon Malkemus is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

ISOB William R. Malkemus

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

William Risdon Malkemus

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/72266

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1941-09-07

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Plot:

Coll. grave 18. E. 6-9.

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William Risdon Malkemus was born on August 29, 1921, in Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina. He was the son of David S. and Catherine Carr Malkemus, of Knoxville, Tennessee.

William servd in the 149 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on sp 7, 1941, when his plane, Wellington X9705, crashed near L�nten, Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany during an operation to Berlin. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter pilot.