Barbara Brecht


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WW II Gold Star Mother

from Genesee County Gen Web

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenese/gsmem.htm

DONALD ROY MAYHEW

Donald Roy Mayhew, son of Asa and Barbara Brecht Mayhew of East Pembroke, New York, was born June 15, 1924 in East Pembroke. He was a Boy Scout, Patrol leader, Honor Scout. He attended First Baptist Church and Sunday School. He played on the basketball and baseball teams and was graduated from Corfu Central High School in 1941. He took postgraduate work in sheet metal and airplane fabrication and worked at the Curtiss Wright plant in Buffalo.

Donald was inducted into the Army Air Force February 20, 1943. Serial No. 32 833 428. He trained at Miami Beach, Fla.; Sioux Falls, S. D., for radio; Salt Lake City, Utah; Mountain Home, Ida., where he was assigned nosegunner on a B-24. He received gunner’s wings at Laredo, Texas.

Overseas Staff Sgt. Mayhew served as a bombardier in a B-17 Flying Fortress with the 850 Bomb Sqdn., 490 Bomb Group in the 8th Air Force after April 22, 1944. They made huge precision bombing assaults. Donald held the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, three battle stars, Good Conduct Medal and Presidential Unit Citation.

He was returning from his 25th mission on February 6, 1945, when over Alsace Lorraine, our own planes collided and Sgt. Donald Roy Mayhew was killed.



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      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1890 - , , New York, USA 
          Death: 
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Events
• Residence 1910 in Darien, Genesee, New York
• Residence 1920 in Pembroke, Genesee, New York
• Residence 1930 in Pembroke, Genesee, New York

Spouses and Children 
1. *Asa Mayhew (19 Dec 1884 - 10 Dec 1955) 
       Marriage: 9 Apr 1915 - Pembroke, Genesee, New York, USA
       Children:
                1. Glenn R Mayhew (1917-2007)
                2. Donald R Mayhew (1924-1945)
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Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

2 Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626), Year: 1930; Census Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York; Roll: 1440; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 1043.0.

3 Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States), Year: 1920; Census Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York; Roll: T625_1113; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 1142.

4 Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit), Year: 1910; Census Place: Darien, Genesee, New York; Roll: T624_951; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 768.

5 Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,), Year: 1900; Census Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .

6 Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit), Year: 1910; Census Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York; Roll: T624_951; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 611.

7 Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi), Registration Location: Genesee County, New York; Roll: 1712377; Draft Board: 0.

8 Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security), Number: 114-12-9184; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.

9 National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administra).

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