World War II
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Service # | 19087860 |
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Unit | 66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy |
Rank | Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces |
Entered Service From | California |
Date of Death | December 22 1943 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery |
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Air Medal
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Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes
TSGT Childers remains have been recovered and interred at a private cemetery in California. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.