Serviceman
Clifford W Rackley
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- Army serial number
- 0764786
- Rank
- 2LT (29 August 1944)
- Hometown
- New York NY; Tifton, GA
- Also written
- Clifford Rackley
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 189
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Clifford W. Rackley Crew, pilot · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 2937 | 2LT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 17 September 1944, last 17 September 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-09-17 817th: 2Lt
National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 482
Death notice
Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201806, page 2: 1/28/2018, reported by Guy Venier.
Photographs naming him
- Newsletter 201806, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
- Newsletter 201806, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
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Statements, mentions and histories
2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PIERCE, JAMES B 817 3/17/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PRITCHETT, THOMAS 816 1/7/2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) RACKLEY, CLIFFORD W 817 1/28/2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) ROSS, JAMES 816 3/11/2004 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SOLOW, ROBERT I 815 2/5/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SZAFRANSKI, JOSEPH E 815 4/29/2016
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