Sayre, Hal
First Name
Hal
Last Name
Sayre
Suffix Name
III
Serial Number
0-355966
Service Branch
Service Branch Unknown
Highest Rank
MAJ
War or Action
World War II
Place Of Birth
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
County
Denver
Biography

Son of Robert H. and Gertrude Bart Berger Sayre. Brother of Robert Harold and Phyllis Sayre Baldwin. Nephew of Hal Sayre, Jr. Grandson of Adjutant General Hal Sayre. Member 821st Engineer Battalion, Aviation. Was among 20 passengers and 4 crew of transport aircraft that vanished in good conditions en route from Cyclops Aerodrome to Finschhaven Airfield in New Guinea. Cenotaph at family plot at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

Place Of Burial
Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Place Of Death
Near Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
Circumstances
Missing In Action
Row Number
77
Column Number
4
Panel Number
6

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