Lilley

Born: 21 June 1922 - Illinois

Parents: William & Myrtle Lilley

Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother

Home:

- 1837 South Thirteenth Avenue - Maywood, Illinois

Education:

- St. Eulalia Grade School

- Proviso Township High School

- Class of 1941

Occupation:

- Welder - Chicago Metal Hose Company

Inducted:

- U.S. Army Reserve

- 22 July 1942

- U.S. Army Air Corps

- 25 January 1943 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois

- entered service as an enlisted man

Serial Number: O-753145

Training:

- Officer Candidate School

- Santa Ana, California

- Kirtland Airfield, Albuquerque, New Mexico

- qualified as a bombardier

Unit:

- 721st Bomb Squadron, 450th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force

Plane: B-24 - "Deuces Wild"

Engagements:

- 24 bombing missions over Germany

Missing in Action:

- 24 March 1944 - over Germany

- plane collided with another B-24 - both plane crews lost

Declared Dead:

- 20 August 1944

Buried:

- Tablets of the Missing - Florence American Cemetery - Via Cassia, Italy

Medals: Air Medal - Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart