Irving, Lee Taylor – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Lee Taylor Irving.

Unit/Placed in, 874th Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

Lee is born on 29 March 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Father, Alma Lee Irving.

Mother, Anne Harris (Taylor) Irving.

Brother(s), Boy Irving.

Spouse, Geselia C. Irving.

Lee enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 0-445790.

Lee‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

1^st Lt. John R. Baumann Pilot

2^nd Lt. Harold A. Hanney Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Lee T. Irving Flight Engineer

2^nd Lt. John Danielson Navigator

F/O. Milton V. Reese Bombardier

T/Sgt. Wilfred C. Guidrey Radio Operator

Corp. William D. Knott Radar Operator

Corp. James L. Stripling Jr. Central Fire Control/Gunner

Corp. John E. Soltis Left (waist) Gunner

Corp. Felix H. Jasinski Right (waist) Gunner

Corp. Charles E. Shook Tail Gunner

Lee was KIA when after the Mission they were badly damaged and shot by Enemy Fighters that they had to ditch the plane, it crashed at sea on, 14 Jan. 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Lee is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Lee also has a Memorial grave at West Jordan City Cemetery

West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

And Lee is mentioned at Memory Grove Memorial

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/498th_Bombardment_Group.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJ8-495

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker