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| Staff Sergeant Abraham Eddy was a B-24 gunner in the 346th Bombardment Group. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122303237/abraham-g-eddy |
Abraham G. Eddy never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on September 23, 1919 in Massachusetts. His mother and stepfather were both born in Syria. I don't know what happened to his father. His stepfather worked as a store clerk. Abraham had one older sister, three younger half-sisters and one younger half-brother. By 1940 Abraham had completed four years of high school. He was living with his family and worked as a candy store clerk.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in March 1941. He became an aerial gunner and staff sergeant in the 462nd Bombardment Squadron, 346th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with B-24 Liberators. He was supposed to serve in India, but never made it.
Sgt. Eddy and eight others were killed on October 10, 1943 when the B-24 42-40758 Katie Did crashed at Donaghadee, North Ireland.
His grave is at Fairview Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
Last year on this date I profiled B-24 radio operator Herbert McGuffin. You can read about Herbert here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
Please consider joining the public Facebook group to increase the exposure of this project. Go to: WW2 Fallen 100
Thank you for the information . It's a great way to pay tribute to fallen heroes of the Greatest Generation
ReplyDeleteThank you for this memorial, I am Abraham's nephew, the son of his youngest half sister. She is the remaining member of her family, and to this day remembers her brother with love.
ReplyDeleteWould you like to see his story added to the www.storiesbehindthestars.org project? Email me at don@storiesbehindthestars.org.
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