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William Bucher Gray

Birth	:	8 Sep 1916 Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	17 Jul 1942
Burial	:	Saint Elizabeth Cemetery, Aynor, Horry County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.9921150, -79.1875860
Inscription	:	WW II - US Army Air Corps - 1st Lt. - Body not recovered
Description	:	Son of Myron & Louise (Bucher) Gray. Married to Flora Albin on 11-29-1939 at Radolph Field, TX. 1st Lt. - US Army Air Corps - Died in a crash landing of his airplane off the coast of Africa. Buried at sea. -------------------------------------- From the web page: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0182.htm First Lieutenant William Bucher Gray, the son of Myron and Louise Bucher Gray, was born in Columbus, Nebraska, on September 8, 1916, and died July 17, 1942, following a forced crash landing of his plane off the African coast. His maternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. William Bucher, of Columbus, and his paternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton C.... Read More	Son of Myron & Louise (Bucher) Gray. Married to Flora Albin on 11-29-1939 at Radolph Field, TX. 1st Lt. - US Army Air Corps - Died in a crash landing of his airplane off the coast of Africa. Buried at sea. -------------------------------------- From the web page: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0182.htm First Lieutenant William Bucher Gray, the son of Myron and Louise Bucher Gray, was born in Columbus, Nebraska, on September 8, 1916, and died July 17, 1942, following a forced crash landing of his plane off the African coast. His maternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. William Bucher, of Columbus, and his paternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton C. Gray, of Omaha. His father died in Columbus on February 23, 1939. William Gray grew up in Columbus, where he attended the Columbus schools. He was graduated from Kramer High School in the class of 1934, and the University of Nebraska School of Business Administration, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He was affiliated with the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity in Lincoln. William was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Organized Reserves. Following his graduation, he served with the Infantry, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was transferred to the Air Corps and was graduated from Randolph Field, Texas, in 1939, and later that same year, was graduated from an advanced course at Kelly Field, Texas. On November 29, 1939, at the chapel at Randolph Field, Texas, Lieutenant Gray was married to Flora Albin, the daughter of Joseph and Martha Marl McCormick Albin, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Lieutenant and Mrs. Gray had one son, William, Jr. William Jr remained in the United States Army Air Corps for three months following his graduation, during which time he served at Patterson Field, Ohio. He then took leave from active service, retaining his reserve status, to enter commercial flying. Lieutenant Gray worked for two years as a commercial pilot for the Eastern Airlines, flying a Douglas passenger ship between New York and Jacksonville, Florida, with headquarters at Newark, New Jersey, first, and later at La Guardia Field, New York. He was a captain with the air line company at the time he was called back to active duty on June 17, 1942, with the Army Air Corps. On his return to the Army he was placed in the Ferry Command of the United States Armed Forces, operating from Florida overseas. Lieutenant Gray was declared missing following a forced crash landing of his plane at sea, off the African coast. He died from accidental drowning on July 17, 1942. First Lieutenant William Bucher Gray was the first Platte County man in the American Armed Forces to die during World War II. He was buried at sea.

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William Bucher Gray's memorial is located at: Saint Elizabeth Cemetery, Aynor, Horry County, USA.
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William Bucher Gray death on 17 Jul 1942 in
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Latitude: 33.9921150
Longitude: -79.1875860

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Myron Lyman Gray

(1887 - 1939)

Louisa B. Bucher Gray

(1888 - 1966)

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