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2LT Van Kendall Fuqua

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2LT Van Kendall Fuqua

Birth
Hamilton County, Texas, USA
Death
11 Jan 1944 (aged 26)
Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Floydada, Floyd County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Center, Section 2, Row 6, Space 38
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Van Kendall Fuqua was the 7th of 11 children born to Mack Charles Fuqua and Hattie Iris Kendall. Van did not marry and did not have children. He enlisted into the US Army Air Corps on 12 Nov 1940 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. 2nd Lt. Van Kendall Fuqua was one of three airmen who were killed when B-25C Mitchell #42-32397 crashed due to engine fires, 6 miles after departing Rosecrans Field, Saint Joseph County, Missouri, USA.

Also lost in the accident were:
2nd Lt. George F. Martin, pilot.
2nd Lt. Louis A. DeVos.

The emblems on grave marker are the United States Army Air Corps on the left and on the right, the Air Transport Command.

National Personnel Records Center, Report of Death for FUQUA, Van K., Report of Death, 6 Mar 1970: "Name of Deceased: Van K Fuqua; Service Number: 0 684 718; Rank: Second Lieutenant; Service: Army Air Corps; Date of Birth: November 14, 1917; Place of Death: Vicinity Wathena, Kansas; Date of Death: Jan 11, 1944; Cause of Death: Aircraft accident."

Van Kendall Fuqua's name is on the Floyd County Veterans Memorial honoring their veterans.
Van Kendall Fuqua was the 7th of 11 children born to Mack Charles Fuqua and Hattie Iris Kendall. Van did not marry and did not have children. He enlisted into the US Army Air Corps on 12 Nov 1940 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. 2nd Lt. Van Kendall Fuqua was one of three airmen who were killed when B-25C Mitchell #42-32397 crashed due to engine fires, 6 miles after departing Rosecrans Field, Saint Joseph County, Missouri, USA.

Also lost in the accident were:
2nd Lt. George F. Martin, pilot.
2nd Lt. Louis A. DeVos.

The emblems on grave marker are the United States Army Air Corps on the left and on the right, the Air Transport Command.

National Personnel Records Center, Report of Death for FUQUA, Van K., Report of Death, 6 Mar 1970: "Name of Deceased: Van K Fuqua; Service Number: 0 684 718; Rank: Second Lieutenant; Service: Army Air Corps; Date of Birth: November 14, 1917; Place of Death: Vicinity Wathena, Kansas; Date of Death: Jan 11, 1944; Cause of Death: Aircraft accident."

Van Kendall Fuqua's name is on the Floyd County Veterans Memorial honoring their veterans.

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LT. VAN K.
FUQUA
NOV. 14, 1917
JAN. 11, 1944

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