Wyman Charles SLOSSON

Wyman Charles SLOSSON

Male 1917 - 1944  (27 years)

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  1. 1.  Wyman Charles SLOSSONWyman Charles SLOSSON was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota (son of Glenn Henry SLOSSON, Sr. and Clara Elenor SCHRUNK); died on 22 Mar 1944 in Germany; was buried in Netherlands American (ABMC) Cemetery, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota

    Notes:

    Name:
    March 22, 1943

    2-39849 Lt. W. C. Slosson - Tagged on to 457th BG whose bombs knocked this aircraft down. Lt. Wyman C. Slosson (KIA), Lt. David A. Smithline (POW), Lt. Joseph W. Daugherty (POW), Lt. James P. Higgins (POW), S/Sgt. James R. Green (POW), S/Sgt. Edward T. DeMattos (POW), Sgt. Verlyn G. Brown (POW), Sgt. Emmette Highland (POW), Sgt. Ronald W. Power (POW), Sgt. Warren M. Beahr (POW).

    Second Lieutenant
    Pilot
    Division - transport: 8th Air Force
    Company - Squadron: 508th Bomber Squadron
    Unit - Group: 351st Bomber Group, Heavy

    Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
    Gravenumber: Walls of the Missing
    Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

    The Pilot Wyman Slosson was injured and waiting for his crew to bail out.

    Source: Peter Schouteten (adoptiegraven-database)


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Glenn Henry SLOSSON, Sr.Glenn Henry SLOSSON, Sr. was born on 28 Sep 1881 in Minnesota (son of Melvin SLOSSON and Cornelia BINGHAM); died on 22 May 1935 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1895, Living with father in Eagle Bend, Todd Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1900, Living with father and aunt Juliette in Eagle Bend, Todd Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1910, Living in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Occupation: 09 Sep 1918; Self Employed - Piano Tuner
    • Census: 1920, Living in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Living in Bemidji, Beltrami County,Minnesota
    • Occupation: 1930; Self Employed - Piano Tuner

    Glenn married Clara Elenor SCHRUNK on 21 Dec 1908 in Minnesota. Clara was born on 14 Feb 1889 in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa; died on 21 Apr 1972 in North Bend, Coos County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Clara Elenor SCHRUNKClara Elenor SCHRUNK was born on 14 Feb 1889 in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa; died on 21 Apr 1972 in North Bend, Coos County, Oregon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of August Schrunk and Anna Maria L. Rodenberg
    • Birth: Abt 1887, Iowa
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota

    Children:
    1. Lee J. SLOSSON was born in abt. 1908 in Minnesota.
    2. Laurie Irwood SLOSSON was born on 14 Dec 1909 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota; died on 2 Jun 1970 in Everett, Snohomish Count, Washington.
    3. Glenn Henry SLOSSON, Jr. was born on 26 Jul 1913 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota; died in Aug 1968 in Everett, Snohomish Count, Washington.
    4. 1. Wyman Charles SLOSSON was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota; died on 22 Mar 1944 in Germany; was buried in Netherlands American (ABMC) Cemetery, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.