Dale Willard Maury (1920 - 1966)

Born 14 May 1920 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Died 1 Jul 1966 at age 46 in Siskiyou, California, United States

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Biography

Dale Maury was awarded the Silver Star Medal.

Dale Maury was awarded the Purple Heart.

Dale Maury was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Dale Maury was awarded the Air Medal.

Staff Sergeant Dale Maury served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 7 Apr 1942
Unit(s): 772nd Squadron, 463rd Group, Fifteenth Air Force
Service ended: 25 Sep 1945

Dale was born 14 May 1920 in Portland, Oregon. He was the son of Fred Maury and Verna Sigler.^[1]

Dale was the tail gunner on the B-24 Liberator bomber, Mister Five by Five - #41-24234-U, participating in Operation Tidal Wave the low-level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 August 1943. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission.

He married Kathleen Monica Fletcher on 30 May 1945 in Peterborough, England. The divorced on 3 July 1964 in Hood River, Oregon.^[2][3]

He passed away 1 July 1966 in Siskiyou County, California.^[4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #36306869

• 1930 - Brentwood, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.^[5]
• 1940 - Election Precinct 60 Yacolt, Clark, Washington, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; 1920 Oregon Birth Records. Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Ancestry Record 61676 #473865
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV81-FSDX : 8 October 2014), Dale W Maury and null, 1945; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1945, quarter 2, vol. 3B, p. 683, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Divorce Records, 1946-1968. Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Divorces, 1925-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Ancestry Record 61678 #180240083
4. ↑ Place: Siskiyou; Date: 1 Jul 1966; Social Security: 534129533. Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Ancestry Record 5180 #4709994
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS8-3GT : accessed 11 April 2022), Dale W Maury in household of John G Tunison, Brentwood, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 269, sheet 6B, line 64, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1955; FHL microfilm 2,341,689.

• National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 118. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2238 #37166836
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BH-SK3 : 5 December 2014), Dale W Maury, enlisted 07 Apr 1942, Tacoma, Washington, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.