T/Sgt William Gilbert Pierce was radio operator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here.
T/Sgt Pierce was from Coffey County, KS.
He was born on 18 May 1920 to William Henry Pierce (1891–1972) and Effie Belle Gilbert Pierce (1888–1981).
He enlisted on 27 Sep 1941 at Jefferson Barracks Missouri, ASN: 17031116. He had had four years of high school at enlistment.
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