Timeline
Birth- 9/06/1923
Star Junction Pennsylvania
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 22 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Gold Star
Served For
United States of America
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Rank
Aviation Radioman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Service Number
6523935
Awards
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "radioman" - operated radios and manned 30 caliber gun
Stationed- 1944
Alameda, Fallon, Kahului Hawaii
USS Bennington (CV-20)
“Reformed” Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- 10/07/1945-Age: 22 years
Japanese AA guns
Near Hyakurigahara Airfield (about 50 miles NE of Tokyo)
Death- 11/07/1946
Death
11-Jul-46
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
10/07/1945
MIA 10 July 1945 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Ohio
Full Name
George A Clegg, Jr
Father
George Albert Clegg, Sr
Full Name
George Albert Clegg, Jr
Mother
Anna Etta Clegg (Weaver)
Sibling
Eleanor, Earl, James
