Earl Stutts [1]
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His plane crashed into the ocean while on a bombing raid on Rome.Notice of his captaincy reached North Africa three days after his plane went down. Memorial service on April 23, 1944 at Hillside Cemetery. Laurinburg Presbyterian Church pastor officiated. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-1-1944
Awards:
Air Medal - with 6 Oak clusters:
Biographical Notes:
Standard Oil Co.
Date of Birth:
About 1919
Military Branch:
Army Air Corps Enlisted: Nov 1941
Education Details:
Davidson College graduate 1941
Family Details:
Mrs. Ruby (Sasser) Stutts: 524 Hawthorne Ln., Charlotte, NC
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Stutts - Laurinburg NC
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sasser of Charlotte/ Rockingham - In-laws
First Name:
Earl
KIA / MIA Place:
Sardinia
KIA Date:
7/25/1943
Last Name:
Stutts
Middle Name:
L.
Military Details:
Italy, North Africa, Sardinia
Military Rank:
Captain
Source:
newsprint and death index
Military Unit:
380th Bomb Sq., 310th Bomb Group Pilot of the plane Tar Heel
Exhibit & Section:
MIA Date:
NA