1LT Edward Cecil WHALEY b. 31 JAN 1920 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA d. 29 MAY 1944 Weiner Neustadt, Austria

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Name Edward Cecil WHALEY [1, 2, 3, 4]

Title 1LT

Nickname Eddie

Relationship with John Louis CARR

Born 31 JAN 1920 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA [5, 6, 7]

Gender Male

Census 1930 Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	Gender	Race	BirthDate	Age	BirthPlace	BirthPlace of Father	BirthPlace of Mother
Image												Transcript
1	18	E	Whaley	Head	Male	White	abt 1897	33	Texas	Texas	Texas
2	18	Irine	Whaley	Wife	Female	White	abt 1901	29	Texas	Texas	Texas
3	18	Edward C	Whaley	Son	Male	White	abt 1920	10	Texas	Texas	Texas
4	18	Cathrine	Whaley	Daughter	Female	White	abt 1923	7	Texas	Texas	Texas
5	18	Jimmie Ruth	Whaley	Daughter	Female	White	abt 1927	3	Texas	Texas	Texas
6	18	Robert Lee	Whaley	Son	Male	White	abt 1930	0	Texas	Oklahoma	Texas

Transcript ID is dbid=6224&iid=4661251_00352

Census 1940 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	Gender	Race	BirthDate	Age	Status	BirthPlace	Occupation
Image												Transcript
6	317	Ernest W	Whaley	Head	Male	White	abt 1898	42	Married	Texas	Truck Driver
7	317	Ira K	Whaley	Wife	Female	White	abt 1901	39	Married	Texas	Seamstress
8	317	Edward C	Whaley	Son	Male	White	abt 1920	20	Single	Texas	Car Packer
9	317	Virginia C	Whaley	Daughter	Female	White	abt 1923	17	Single	Texas
10	317	Jimmie R	Whaley	Daughter	Female	White	abt 1928	12	Single	Oklahoma
11	317	Robert L	Whaley	Son	Male	White	abt 1930	10	Single	Oklahoma

Transcript ID is dbid=2442&iid=m-t0627-04178-00526

Draft 01 JUL 1941

Name: Edward Cecil Whaley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1920
Residence Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 1 Jul 1941
Employer: T And P Motor Transport Company.
Weight: 145
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6
Next of Kin: Dixie Edna Whaley
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Edward Cecil Whaley Self (Head)

Occupation 01 JUL 1941

Employer: T And P Motor Transport Company.

Enlistment 06 APR 1942 Dallas County, Texas, USA

Name: Edward C Whaley
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Texas
County or City: Dallas

Enlistment Date: 6 Apr 1942
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Aviation Cadet
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Skilled switchmen, railroad
Marital Status: Married
Height: 71
Weight: 141
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Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.

Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
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This database contains information on about 8.3 million men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Information contained in this database usually includes: name of enlistee, army serial number, residence (county and state), Learn more...
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Military Service 06 APR 1942 [2]

WWII: US Army Air Corps
First Lieutenant
MIA/KIA

1LT Whaley, piloting a 10-man B-24 Liberator bomber, took off early in the morning of May 29, 1944 from an airfield at San Pancrazio, Italy. The target that day was the Wollersdorf Airdrome at Wiener Neustadt, Austria with additional, nearby targets of a Messerschmidt factory and railroad marshaling yards. The bomber was hit by flak over the primary target which disabled parts of the control system - an acknowledged shortcoming of the aircraft design. As many as six parachutes were observed by other crews before the aircraft crashed 2KM east of Wiener Neustadt, not far from the target. 1LT Whaley was listed as MIA shortly after the initial MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) was submitted in 1944. He remains MIA along with 1204 other US airmen whose remains have never been recovered. The 1947 MACR follow-on investigation documented that four of the crew died, four were held as POWs and 2 were carried as MIA. Captured German documentation indicated that the four POWs were caught within 2 hours of the shoot down. (A summary of the flight with photos and maps is located in the media section of this website.)

Died 29 MAY 1944 Weiner Neustadt, Austria [4, 5]

Age 24 years

Buried Aft 29 MAY 1944 Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

View ABMC cenotaph: 56367331.
View family cenotaph: 65083759.
http://www.dpaa.mil/OurMissing/WorldWarII.aspx

Person ID I12839 Carr-Scott

Last Modified 16 NOV 2018

Father Earnest William WHALEY
b. 02 JAN 1897, Richland, Navarro, Texas, USA
d. 14 FEB 1950, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA (Age 53 years)

Mother Ira KIRKPATRICK
b. 01 JUN 1900, Texas, USA
d. 27 APR 2004, Denton, Denton, Texas, USA (Age 103 years)

Married 21 JAN 1917 Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA [8]

Children 4 children

+	1. 1LT Edward Cecil WHALEY b. 31 JAN 1920, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA d. 29 MAY 1944, Weiner Neustadt, Austria (Age 24 years)
+	2. Virginia Kathryn WHALEY b. 13 SEP 1922, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA d. 11 MAR 2007, Denton County, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)
	3. Jimmie Ruth WHALEY b. 13 OCT 1927, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA d. 22 FEB 1991, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Age 63 years)
	4. Living

Family ID F4049 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family Dixie Edna BURT
b. 09 AUG 1919, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
d. 30 JUN 2008, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 88 years)

Children

+	1. Dixie Sharon WHALEY b. 07 MAR 1944, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA d. 2 FEB 2022, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)

Family ID F4055 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - 31 JAN 1920 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
	Census - 1930 - Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	Census - 1940 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
	Enlistment - Name: Edward C Whaley Birth Year: 1920 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Texas State of Residence: Texas County or City: Dallas Enlistment Date: 6 Apr 1942 Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Aviation Cadet Grade Code: Aviation Cadet Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Skilled switchmen, railroad Marital Status: Married Height: 71 Weight: 141 the person in your tree? Yes No Maybe Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Description This database contains information on about 8.3 million men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Information contained in this database usually includes: name of enlistee, army serial number, residence (county and state), Learn more... Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration Suggested Records - 06 APR 1942 - Dallas County, Texas, USA
	Died - 29 MAY 1944 - Weiner Neustadt, Austria
	Buried - Aft 29 MAY 1944 - Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

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Photos » Slide Show	3 Photos
	Whaley, Edward C: 1944 Crew
	Whaley, Edward C: 1944 Crew This video provides a description of the delivery of a B-24 from the Ford managed Willow Run Assembly Plant in Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0
	Flag flown in the memory of Whaley, Edward C: 2013 Placed in his honor at the Florence-American Cemetery on Memorial Day and given by the Florence American Cemetery staff to LTC (Retired) Regis Carr for his wife, Lana Scott Carr, who is Edward's 2nd cousin, once removed. The flag was later given to Edward's daughter, Sharon (Whaley) Harville.

Documents » Slide Show	7 Documents
	Whaley, Edward C: 1944 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)-P1
	Whaley, Edward C: 1944 Florence American Cemetery
	Whaley, Edward C: 2013 Outline This document contains early notes for the pending monograph about 1LT Whaley.
	Whaley, Edward C: 2015 In Memoriam 1st Lt. Edward C. Whaley Jan. 31, 1920 - May 29, 1944 15th Air Force 47th Wing 376th Group 515th Squadron MISSING IN ACTION I never got to meet you, but I've missed you everyday. Love, your daughter Sharon - Dallas Morning News columnist, Steve Blow, wrote on 30 May 2015: "Readers told me they wanted to know more about that touching tribute. And Sharon Harville of Dallas was glad to share. It’s why she put the item in the newspaper, after all." "I want him remembered,” she said. “I want his name out there. I want people to know.” (see Steve's full article linked to 1LT Whaley's record on this website.)
	Whaley, Edward C: 2015 Memorium - Followup Story A tribute to the dad she never met by Steve Blow (sblow@dallasnews.com) Of all the Memorial Day tributes last week, one of the most poignant was a small item placed in the obituary section of this newspaper. The “In Memoriam” featured a faded military photo of a solemn, square-jawed young man. “1st Lt. Edward C. Whaley,” the memorial said. “Jan. 31, 1920 — May 29, 1944 — Missing in Action.” And at the bottom, these words: “I never got to meet you, but I’ve missed you every day. Love, your daughter Sharon.” Readers told me they wanted to know more about that touching tribute. And Sharon Harville of Dallas was glad to share. It’s why she put the item in the newspaper, after all. “I want him remembered,” she said. “I want his name out there. I want people to know.”
	High Flight The author of the poem, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., was killed on 11 December 1941 at the age of 19, in a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire, England. He was an American flying a British Spitfire on a training mission. His poem has become a favorite of American military pilots. This copy was purchased by Regis at a shop just outside the main gate to the U.S. Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, AL. It is linked to military pilots in the tree - except Regis, who if linked would preclude it from being publicly viewable.
	"Tell Me About My Boy" This brochure was compiled and distributed by the Technical Information Branch of the U.S. Army Quartermaster General and later by the American Graves Registration Service. It offered guidance to the next of kin of servicemen killed during WWII on how their kin's remains would be repatriated. By convention, all service deaths overseas during the war were interred in a temporary grave - immaculately laid out. After the war the next of kin were canvased about their wishes for final burial. They had four options: 1. In a private cemetery in the United States. 2. In a private cemetery in a foreign county. 3. In a permanent United States cemetery overseas. 4. In an permanent National cemetery in the United States . The next of kin were established methodically if the deceased was not married: 1. Surviving spouse. 2. Son, if over 21 years if the spouse had remarried. 3. Father, if no son was over 21 years. 4. Mother. 5. Eldest brother over 21 years. 6. Eldest sister over 21 years. 4. Other relatives in the (unspecified) order of their relationship. The pamphlet is linked on this website to 37 individuals (as of 28 OCT 2022) who were documented as KIA/DOW or otherwise died overseas during WWII and whose bodies were recovered. Relatives of personnel listed as MIA were not included in the distribution nor in the procedures. [The library staff at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) graciously rendered the full document into PDF version at my request on 18 OCT 2022.]

Headstones

Whaley, Edward C (1920-1944)

Albums

Whaley, Edward C (46)
Documentation relevant to 1LT Whaley's military career and ultimate shoot-down near Wiener-Nerustandt, Austria on May 29, 1944. He remains listed as MIA.

Sources

[S250] 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: 1935; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 87; Image: 347.0; FHL microfilm: 2341669.
Record for Edward C Whaley
[S219] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (National Archives and Records Administration), Database online.
Record for Edward C Whaley
[s48] Ancestry.com Family Trees, Database online.
Record for Edward C Whaley
[S446] U.S. WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, (National Archives and Records Administration).
[S320] Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1836-2011, Database online.
Record for Ltc Edward C Whaley
[S219] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (National Archives and Records Administration).
[S250] 1930 United States Federal Census.
[S908] Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61379&h=64055278&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525.
Name: Earnest Whaley
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1896
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1917
Marriage Place: Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Ira Kirkpatrick
Film Number: 002208600

RJCarr, 10 May 2020:
Based upon my research, Ora Lorena Causey (1901-1998) was never the wife of Earnest William Whaley (1987-1950).

Many family trees have conflated her name with Ira Kirkpatrick (FaG memorial 175564483). Ira’s first name appears to read Ora on her Oklahoma wedding license to Earnest Whaley dated 21 Jan 1917. Earnest & Ira were the parents of four children as carried on the 1930 and 1940 census records. They were:

Edward Cecil (1920-1944)
Virginia Katheryn (1922-2007)
Jimmie Ruth (1927-1991)
Robert Lee (1930-living)

On the other hand, Ora Lorena Causey appears to first be married to Percie Ware (1897-1961) from 1899 until perhaps 1940. In 1941 Ora Lorena is shown with the last name Whaley and residing in Oklahoma City as noted below:

Residence Year: 1941
Street address: 309 39th
Residence Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: James A Whaley
Publication Title: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1941

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