Advertisement

2LT Dennis James McCarthy

Advertisement

2LT Dennis James McCarthy

Birth
Solano County, California, USA
Death
29 Jul 1943 (aged 27)
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
San Pablo, Contra Costa County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section G, 8-14-19
Memorial ID
View Source
Second Lieutenant McCarthy was killed in a crash of U.S. Army Air Corps AT-11 #42-36865 into Elk Mountain, San Miguel County, New Mexico.

Three other Army airmen also perished:

2nd Lt. Garry L Patterson , pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth M Adams
2nd Lt. Donald E Meurer
~
The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA, 05 Oct 1943, Tue, Page 15

McCARTHY - In Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 26, 1943, Second Lieutenant Dennis James McCarthy, dearly beloved son of Daniel and Hanna McCarthy of Crockett loving brother of Mrs. Helen M. Haugh of Crockett; a native of Crockett, California.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral Wednesday, October 6, at 9 a.m., from Brunscher & Connolly Chapel at Crockett, thence to St. Rose's Church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul at 9:30 a.m. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery at San Pablo, California.
~
Entered the service from Contra Costa County, California; Service ID: O-750285.
Second Lieutenant McCarthy was killed in a crash of U.S. Army Air Corps AT-11 #42-36865 into Elk Mountain, San Miguel County, New Mexico.

Three other Army airmen also perished:

2nd Lt. Garry L Patterson , pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth M Adams
2nd Lt. Donald E Meurer
~
The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA, 05 Oct 1943, Tue, Page 15

McCARTHY - In Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 26, 1943, Second Lieutenant Dennis James McCarthy, dearly beloved son of Daniel and Hanna McCarthy of Crockett loving brother of Mrs. Helen M. Haugh of Crockett; a native of Crockett, California.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral Wednesday, October 6, at 9 a.m., from Brunscher & Connolly Chapel at Crockett, thence to St. Rose's Church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul at 9:30 a.m. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery at San Pablo, California.
~
Entered the service from Contra Costa County, California; Service ID: O-750285.

Inscription

2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136467157/dennis_james-mccarthy: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Dennis James McCarthy (15 Feb 1916–29 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136467157, citing Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, San Pablo, Contra Costa County, California, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).