Cecil R. Bates

World War II
Service #O-796282
Unit783rd Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankCaptain U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathAugust 7 1944
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart