Harold; The MIA for Sgt Harold Kewis was sent to his mother; Mrs. Mida B Lewis, at Saint Michaels, MD.

321stBG,445thBS,#41-13129 (No Name or Art Yet)

OPS 258-257 GROUP Mission 220 ORTE' Marshalling Yards. Lt Newkirk's and his Crew shot down by enemy fighters.
321stBG_445thBS----KIA on 21 Feb 1944:
445th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 258/mission 257) Group Mission # 220: Today’s mission was to bomb the Orte marshalling yards. It cost this Squadron one plane – Lt. Newkirk and his crew – to attacks by enemy fighters. Sgt. Cecil F. Carson, turret gunner in the Squadron claimed a Focke Wulf 190 in the battle between the B-25’s and about 8 Focke Wulf 190’s.
445th BS: Extracts from Missing Air Crew Report # 2478:
A/C No. 41-13129 (MACR-2478 - shot down at target)
P Newkirk, Renford R., 2Lt - KIA
CP Cook, William K., 2Lt - KIA
N None
B Forney, William A. “Bill”, 2Lt - KIA
E Carner, Donald E., Sgt - KIA
R Carson, Donald (NMI), Sgt - KIA

HAROLD E LEWIS Sgt. 6998471 - KIA

Lewis, Harold E., Sgt., Gunner, Enlistment Service # : 6998471

KILLED IN ACTION on 21 February 1944

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Harold E Lewis
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Maryland
County or City: Baltimore City
Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Maryland
Enlistment City: Baltimore
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerks
Marital Status: Married
Height: 69

Weight: 160

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Harold E Lewis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Maryland
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Sergeant

Service Number: 6998471

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Harold E. Lewis Talbot County, MD U.S. Army National Archives
SGT Harold E. Lewis ID: 6998471
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Talbot County, MD
Status: KIA
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