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Earl Joseph Spears
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Earl Joseph Spears

Birth
Chapman, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 Nov 1943 (aged 21)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Memorial at Glendale Cemetery

Lost at sea when the transport ship HMS Rohna was bombed by the Luftwaffe on 26 November 1943. (Alternate day of death).
Source Citation
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; Washington DC; Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B, 1941-1975
Source Information
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
Original data: Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B, 1941-1975. Washington, D.C. USA: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Rohna history: www.rohnasurvivors.org

Inducted From: Illinois
Rank: Technician Grade Five
Combat Organization: 853rd Engineers Battalion Aviation
Death Date: Nov 27 1943
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal


Memorial also at: https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/spears%3Dearl-0
Memorial at Glendale Cemetery

Lost at sea when the transport ship HMS Rohna was bombed by the Luftwaffe on 26 November 1943. (Alternate day of death).
Source Citation
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; Washington DC; Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B, 1941-1975
Source Information
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
Original data: Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B, 1941-1975. Washington, D.C. USA: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Rohna history: www.rohnasurvivors.org

Inducted From: Illinois
Rank: Technician Grade Five
Combat Organization: 853rd Engineers Battalion Aviation
Death Date: Nov 27 1943
Monument: North Africa
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal


Memorial also at: https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/spears%3Dearl-0


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