FORRESTER, Copeland Albert


BATTERY D, 116TH FIELD ARTILLERY
(Hillsborough County)

Born: 2 December 1921 Dothan, Alabama.

Forrester had completed three and one half years of high school,
worked as a student and lived in Lakeland at the time he enlisted
in Battery D, 116th Field Artillery 29 December 1939. He was
inducted into federal service 25 November 1940 and was a Sergeant
at the time of his death.

DIED NON-BATTLE; date, location and unit assignment at the time
of his death are unknown.





FOX, Raymond Franklin


COMPANY D, 106TH ENGINEERS
(Franklin County)

Fox was a high school graduate living in Callaway at the time he
enlisted in Company D, 106th Engineers 26 September 1940. Later
he was inducted into federal service 25 November 1940. Later, he
was assigned to the 860TH BOMB SQUADRON, 493RD BOMB GROUP. He
was a Staff Sergeant at the time of his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 19 September 1944, Hilbersheim, Germany.


860TH Bomb Squadron 493 Bomb Group
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(The 493rd operated B-17 heavy bombers with the 8th Air Force
against targets in northern and western Europe. During the third
week in September, most missions were against transportation and
communications centers in northwestern Germany in support of
Allied operations in Holland. On the 19th, in splete of poor
weather, more than 600 heavy bombers hit various targets of
opportunity in Germany).