Keokuk County

 

Major Gerald Raymond Carris

 

Gerald Raymond Carris was born Jan. 28, 1916 to John S. and Daisy C. Nelson Carris. He died July 28, 1944 and has a cenotaph in Keota Cemetery, Keota, IA.

Major Carris served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 452nd Bomb Group (H), 730th Bomb Squadron and was shot down in a mission in B-17 #42-97616 and was KIA in Germany.

Source: ancestry.com