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Frank Ingvald Denstad

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Frank Ingvald Denstad

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
12 Jul 1944 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Son of Ingvald Elias and Martha Andrea Oien Denstad.

Lt. Denstad was killed in action on July 12, 1944 on a mission to Nimes, France. Aircraft was shot down by enemy fighter planes 10 miles east of Mirabeau, France. He was a co-pilot of a B-24G Liberator bomber (AAF S/N 42-78282) with the 766th Bomb Sq (H), 461st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force stationed in Torretta, Italy.

Frank graduated from Granite High School and enlisted in June, 1942. He was assigned to overseas duty in January 1944 and had completed 32 missions over enemy territory. He received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and a special presidential citation. He was survived by his wife and two-year old daughter living in Salt Lake, his mother and a sister.

Gravesite services held at the Salt Lake City Cemetery on Nov. 4, 1948.
Son of Ingvald Elias and Martha Andrea Oien Denstad.

Lt. Denstad was killed in action on July 12, 1944 on a mission to Nimes, France. Aircraft was shot down by enemy fighter planes 10 miles east of Mirabeau, France. He was a co-pilot of a B-24G Liberator bomber (AAF S/N 42-78282) with the 766th Bomb Sq (H), 461st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force stationed in Torretta, Italy.

Frank graduated from Granite High School and enlisted in June, 1942. He was assigned to overseas duty in January 1944 and had completed 32 missions over enemy territory. He received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and a special presidential citation. He was survived by his wife and two-year old daughter living in Salt Lake, his mother and a sister.

Gravesite services held at the Salt Lake City Cemetery on Nov. 4, 1948.



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