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Lewis Gardner
First Name:
Lewis
Middle Name:
S.
Last Name:
Gardner
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on his 15th mission in a plane that was shot down over Germany.Memorial marker at Ardennes, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-9-1944
Personal Details
Education Details:
Attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Graduate of Giles Co. High School, Studied under Don Grant in Nashville, TN
Biographical Notes:
International Heraldic Institute in Charlotte
Second Presbyterian Church, Charlotte
Family Details:
Jean Bost Gardner, Shelby, NC Hume Fields Gardner (deceased) - Mrs. Hume Fields Gardner - Pulaski, TN H. F. Gardner, Jr., Private - Camp Grant, IL, Mrs. Walter Krueger, Jr. - Washington, D.C.
Military Details
Military Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Military Unit:
568th Bomber Sq. 390th Bomber
KIA Date:
10/10/1943
MIA Date:
NA
KIA / MIA Place:
over Muenster, Germany
Military Details:
Williams Field, Chandler, AZ, England
Awards:
Air Medal, Purple Heart, Wings - 1/2/1943
Source:
Newsprint and death index