WWI · Battle Death Record
George Zellers
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · Pennsylvania
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- George Zellers
- Entered the Service From
- Pennsylvania
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- Air Service (attached to No. 20 Squadron, Royal Air Force)
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 30, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, Belgium
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 3, Grave 12
Their story
First Lieutenant George H. Zellers was a U.S. Air Service aviator serving with No. 20 Squadron, Royal Air Force, during World War I. On July 30, 1918, flying a Bristol F.2b Fighter with his gunner, he was shot down over the front in Flanders and killed. He is buried at Flanders Field American Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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