Coler, Eugene Seeley, Col

Deceased
 
 Service Photo   Service Details
77 kb
View Shadow Box View Printable Shadow Box View Time Line
Last Rank
Colonel
Primary Unit
1951-1953, 7th Air Division
Service Years
1942 - 1953
Colonel

 Last Photo   Personal Details 

61 kb


Home State
New York
New York
Year of Birth
1896
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Coler, Eugene Seeley, Col.

If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
 
Contact Info
Home Town
Newark, New Jersey
Last Address
Gerrards Cross,
Buckinghamshire, England

Date of Passing
Aug 30, 1953
 
Location of Interment
Green Wood Cemetery - Brooklyn, New York
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Lot 25616, section 140

 Official Badges 

US Army Honorable Discharge WW II Honorable Discharge Pin


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Air Ace




 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

He destroyed 16 enemy aircraft in aerial combat while flying with the Royal Air Force in 1918.
He became a doctor between the wars and was a medical officer in WWII and afterwards.
 

   
Other Comments:

Sources:
http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Coler
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/coler.php
http://www.319thbombgroup.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105920165

   

 Ribbon Bar


Flight Surgeon (Chief)
Flight Surgeon Badge


 
 Unit Assignments
Department of Defense (DOD)319th Bombardment Group, Medium  United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)School of Aerospace Medicine (Staff)
8th Air ForceAir Force Reserve Command USAF Hospital/Medical Center - MacDill7th Air Division
  1918-1918, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon
  1942-1943, 319th Bombardment Group, Medium
  1943-1943, XII Bomber Command
  1943-1944, AAF MOS 3162, School of Aerospace Medicine (Staff)
  1944-1945, 8th Air Force
  1945-1951, Air Force Reserve Command
  1951-1951, AAF MOS 3162, USAF Hospital/Medical Center - MacDill
  1951-1953, 7th Air Division
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1943-1943 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Tunisia Campaign (1942-43)
  1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
  1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
 Colleges Attended 
  1913-1915, Others/Not Listed
  1919-1922, Others/Not Listed
  1943-1944, Others/Not Listed
 My Aircraft/Missiles
  1942-1943, B-26 Marauder
  1944-1945, B-17 Flying Fortress
  1944-1945, B-24 Liberator
Copyright Togetherweserved.com Inc 2003-2011