McGurl

Eugene Francis McGurl, 0-431648, First Lieutenant

Navigator Crew 5

Born February 8, 1917, Belmont, Massachusetts
Killed in Action June 3, 1942
MIA at Lashio, Burma

Attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Mass. and attended three years of college before enlisting on February 11, 1941 at Boston, Mass. Completed navigation training and commissioned as Second Lieutenant on December 6, 1941. Remained in China-Burma-India Theater after Tokyo Raid. Killed in action on June 3, 1942 when plane crashed into mountain after bombing Lashio, Burma enroute to Kunming, China. Decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart (posthumous) and the Chinese Army, Navy, and Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade.

Tablets of the Missing
Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines

A Memorial plaque was installed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, MA on July 27, 1994