Magruder James Edwin

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James Edwin Magruder is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 42-31431 (aka Solid Sender) Crash Marker

Name:

James Edwin Magruder

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

13105550

Unit:

710th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2003-09-03

State:

Washington

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Decoration:

Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster

Comments:

James Edwin Magruder was born on August 1, 1922, in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. He was married to Marie Ann Hattie Seefeldt Magruder.

He was assigned to the 710th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a ball turret gunner of B-17 42-31431 (aka Solid Sender) during World War II. Shot down by flak and crashed while enroute to the target in Regensburg on February 25, 1944. He was taken as a POW in Barth, Germany.He was given an honorable discharge on October 23, 1945.

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