Fred Thomas Maddox
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Branch: Army Air Corps
UT Major/Affiliation: University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin, 1940 – 1942
Hometown: Henry County, TN
- January 23, 1921 – March 16, 1944
- Henry County, Tennessee
- University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin, 1940 – 1942
- Enlisted, October 24, 1942
- Technical Sergeant, Army Air Corps
- Died March 16th, 1944, during a bombing mission hitting aircraft factories in Augsburg, Germany
- East Side Cemetery, Martin, Weakley County, Tennessee
Fred Thomas Maddox (January 23, 1921 – March 16, 1944) was born in Henry County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin from 1940 – 1942. Maddox enlisted with the Army Air Corps on October 24, 1942, serving with the 711th Bomb Squadron of the 447th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force as a bomber crewmember and eventually reaching the rank of Technical Sergeant. He died March 16th, 1944, during a bombing mission hitting aircraft factories in Augsburg, Germany, when his bomber was shot down by German fighter planes. He is interred at East Side Cemetery, Martin, Weakley County, Tennessee.
