SGT Thomas Jay Sheils (1920-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

SGT Thomas Jay Sheils Veteran

Birth

22 Jul 1920

Nebraska, USA

Death

18 Nov 1944 (aged 24)

March Field, Riverside County, California, USA

Burial

Los Angeles National Cemetery

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Plot

152, 18 RW A

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SERGEANT, 420 BASE UNIT, MARCH FIELD, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA

Killed in service, in the crash of B-24J Liberator #42-50778, five miles south of March Army Airfield.

Ten other Army aviators also perished:

1st Lt. Donald G Hopkins, Pilot
1st Lt. Lucien E Lyons, III
Flt. Off. Harold M Gibble, Jr
2nd Lt. James E McLaughlin
S/Sgt. Troy E Dahmer
Sgt. Vernon W Anderson
Cpl. Russell H Allison
Cpl. Coy L Keys
Cpl. John W Riley
PFC Carl E Carlson, Jr
~
Entered the service from California; ASN 20919903

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CALIFORNIA
SGT. 420 B.U. AAF

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