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Contact Info
Home Town Portland, Oregon
Last Address Long Beach Army Air Base, California
Date of Passing Apr 10, 1944
Location of Interment Wilhelm's Memorial Mausoleum - Portland, Oregon
Wall/Plot Coordinates Wilson East G ,Tier 3, Vault 2
After graduation from basic training, Marie reported to the 6th Ferrying Group at Long Beach Army Air Base. Later she would spend time in Nebraska getting training in the B-25 bomber, including intrument flying.
Even though it was April, a heavy blizzard was forecast. Marie, her intructor, and a sergeant prepare the B-25 for flight and her final phase of intrumentation flying. During the flight they met up with the blizzard and never returned.
Marie was born in Forsythe, Montana, but finally settled in Portland, Oregon. Before joining the WASP she worked as a fashion designer.
Other Comments:
MARIE ETHEL SHARON
Class 43-W-4
Born: April 21, 1917
Forsythe, Montana,
Graduate: Jefferson High School, Portland, Oregon
Marie began her training to become a WASP on February 14, 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas. She graduated from Avenger Field on August 7, 1943.
She was then stationed at Long Beach Army Air Base, California and assigned to the 6thFerrying Group.
She and her instructor were killed on April 10, 1944 near Tecumseh, Nebraska, while flying a B-25 on a night flying instrument training mission.
World War II/American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
