Veterans' Memorial Project

George Edward Cisco

Jerseyville, IL

World War II

College: Liberal Arts & Sciences

Graduation Year: 1939

Service Branch: Air Force

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 06/02/1918

Date of Death: 08/16/1944

Affiliations: Kappa Alpha Psi

Lt. George “G.E.” Cisco enlisted in the 761st Tank Battalion and after a short time enlisted in the Tuskegee Institute, where he graduated with class SE-44-E, May 23, 1944. George was killed in a bomber accident when his aircraft hit electrical wires in a rain storm and burned. George was in training at Walterboro, South Carolina, for an overseas assignment at the time of his death. Younger brother Arnold Wilson Cisco is also listed in this Gold Star Veterans’ Memorial, having also been killed in an aircraft accident at Walterboro, South Carolina.

-submitted by Mr. Douglas Wilson, researcher; Charlene Johnson, researcher; and Thomas Edward Raglin, researcher

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