S/Sgt G.A. Stidham, USAAF

[Ivo de Jong]

I recently acquired a copy of 'Britain's homage to 28,000 American dead', which was published by "The Times" in 1952. Each of these books was individually dedicated to an American serviceman, whose name was inscribed on the front of that book, in gold lettering, and was presented to his next-of-kin.
The copy I have is dedicated to S/Sgt G.A. Stidham, USAAF.

As of now, I am unable to find any details on the death of this man. The only "G.A. Stidham" I can find in the enlistment records is a Guy A. Stidham, who enlisted into the Army Air Corps in Houston,Texas on October 23, 1942, and received Army Serial Number 18188965.

The letter (from 1954), which accompanied the book, is adressed to Mrs. C.F. Stidman, Rt. 3, Box 725, Roseburg, Oregon.
In the post-war casualty listings I am unable to find Stidman. However, "The Times" must have received his name from the US authorities when they were preparing and publishing their book in the early 1950's....

Does anyone have a clue who this S/Sgt G.A. Stidham was, and how he was killed?

Thanks in advance,
Ivo de Jong