Flight Crew 13th Army Air Force - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - Lemay, MO
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World War II casualties introduced a new focus to the cemetery as the central repository for group interments ... , when individual remains cannot be identified. Among the more than 560 group burials—meaning two or more veterans in a common grave.
Waymark Code: WM16BRV
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2022
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County of memorial: St. Louis County
Location of memorial: Middle Dr. & Monument Dr., Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay
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KILLED IN ACTION January 28, 1944
13 Air Force
World War II
"1/28/44 Thirteenth AF
AAF and Navy ftrs spt Navy dive-bmr attack on tgts in Rabaul area. 5 P-38’s are lost. Allied aircraft claim about 30 airplanes shot down. At Lakunai A/F, one of the tgts, 20-30 parked airplanes are
destroyed and several AA positions are destroyed or damaged. 25 B-25’s, covered by 12 P-38’s, pound Tobera A/F. 16 P-39’s strafe Shortland I area." ~ Air Force Combat Chronology
ANDREW V. BOBAL
New Jersey
2d LT AAF
May 5, 1916
CHARLES D. DINTAMAN
District of Columbia
Sgt AAF
December 1, 1913
LESLIE D. GILLILAND
Kansas
Flt O AAF
October 26, 1921
JAMES A. GOLDSMITH
New York
Sgt AAF
November 28,. 1919
MARION O. STEPHENS
Missouri
Flt O AAF
January 10, 1922
BENTON FREEMAN
Illinois
S Sgt AAF
November 1, 1915
"One of the oldest, continuously active numbered air forces in the US Air Force, Thirteenth Air Force has never been stationed in the continental United States. When originally activated as Thirteenth AF at New Caledonia on Jan. 13, 1943, the command consisted of many widely separated and independent units scattered throughout the Pacific. By the end of World War II, they had operated from tropical jungles on more than 40 remote islands, earning the nickname "The Jungle Air Force." Thirteenth AF units initially prevented the further advance of Japanese forces and later took the offensive from the Solomon Islands to the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Morotai and the Philippines. The Thirteenth Air Force units participated in five different operation areas in 13 campaigns operating a variety of aircraft including the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, P-38 Lightning, P-39 Aircobra, P-40 Warhawk, P-61 Black Widow, C-46 Commando, C-47 Skytrain and L-5 Sentinel. After the war, it became a part of the Far East Air Forces, chartered to defend the western Pacific and the Philippine Islands." ~ 13th Expeditionary Air Force (PAC)
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