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ARm3 Oliver Louis Kihl
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ARm3 Oliver Louis Kihl Veteran

Birth
North Dakota, USA
Death
1 May 1944 (aged 18–19)
At Sea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 2, 1945.

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Oliver served as a Aviation Radioman Third Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Burke County, North Dakota prior to the war.

Oliver was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.

Oliver was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.

Service # 6390361

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Crew who perished on this PB4Y:

Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA

Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 2, 1945.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Oliver served as a Aviation Radioman Third Class on a PB4Y, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Burke County, North Dakota prior to the war.

Oliver was a crew member on a PB4Y that took off from Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on a routine patrol. The plane never returned to base.

Oliver was declared "Missing In Action" in this loss in the north western Pacific region during the war.

Service # 6390361

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Crew who perished on this PB4Y:

Daniels, Joseph F ~ AMM2c, NY
Dering, Philip R ~ Ens, IL
Heidlage, Grover F ~ LTJG, MO
Kihl, Oliver L ~ ARM3c, ND
McDowell, James C, Jr ~ AMM2c, AL
Morrow, Hugh E ~ AOM2c, WY
Palmer, Louis E ~ ARM3c, IL
Smith, Robert W ~ Ens, WA

Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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