Monuments
ISOB Charles L. Haswell - 100th Bomber Group
T/SGT Andrew Dyke & S/SSGT Melvin Callaway Cenotaph-8th Air Force
Name:
Melvin Fred Callaway
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
38307632
Unit:
366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-08-04
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Grace Hill Cemetery Longview, Gregg County, Texas
Plot:
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Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Born on September 1, 1922. From Texas. Served as the Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 (42-107105) Maggie Mae. Bombing mission was Ankum, Germany. On the return flight the plane was hit by flak. The pilot ditched the plane in the Baltic sea, where it sank immediately. The pilot survived, but the other eight crew members drowned in the sea. He was buried until 1948 in Denmark where he is still remembered with a cenotaph.