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2LT Vanig Vartanian

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2LT Vanig Vartanian

Birth
Death
2 Nov 1944 (aged 23)
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cypress, Lot 147, Div. B
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SECOND LIEUTENANT, 735 AAF BOMB SQ, 453
BOMB GROUP, WORLD WAR II

Shot down by flak aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-64469 "EL-FLACO" on the aircraft's 78th
mission, a mission to bomb oil refineries at
Castrop-Rauxel, and crashed at Luenen-Sud,
Germany.

10 crew KIA:

2nd Lt. Carl Isaksen
2nd Lt. Earl L Johnson
2nd Lt. Malcolm H Rubin
2nd Lt. Vanig Vartanian
Sgt. Edwin W Bringardner, Jr
Sgt. James A Dietrich
Sgt. Robert L Perrin
Sgt. James E Phillips
Sgt. Robert L Rakouska
Sgt. Dewy D Steele
SECOND LIEUTENANT, 735 AAF BOMB SQ, 453
BOMB GROUP, WORLD WAR II

Shot down by flak aboard B-24H Liberator
#42-64469 "EL-FLACO" on the aircraft's 78th
mission, a mission to bomb oil refineries at
Castrop-Rauxel, and crashed at Luenen-Sud,
Germany.

10 crew KIA:

2nd Lt. Carl Isaksen
2nd Lt. Earl L Johnson
2nd Lt. Malcolm H Rubin
2nd Lt. Vanig Vartanian
Sgt. Edwin W Bringardner, Jr
Sgt. James A Dietrich
Sgt. Robert L Perrin
Sgt. James E Phillips
Sgt. Robert L Rakouska
Sgt. Dewy D Steele

Inscription

CALIFORNIA
2D LIEUT 735 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from California; ___ ASN O2064687

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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Sep 3, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135362185/vanig-vartanian: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Vanig Vartanian (15 Nov 1920–2 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135362185, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).