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SSGT Richard Eugene French

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SSGT Richard Eugene French

Birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 Oct 1943 (aged 23)
Costa Rica
Burial
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Staff Sergeant French was one of ten crew members killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps
B-24D Liberator #41-23799 on Cocos Island (Isla de Coco), Costa Rica.

The crew killed were:

1 Lt. Lester R Ackeberg
2 Lt. Owen F Camp
2 Lt. Robert E Moore
2 Lt. Charles J Sweeney
T/Sgt. Francis X Thanner, Jr
S/Sgt. Richard E. French
Sgt. Glen F Day
Sgt. James C Plemons
Sgt. Herman E Sherdon
Cpl. Edward A Kostrzewa

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Staff Sergeant French was one of ten crew members killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps
B-24D Liberator #41-23799 on Cocos Island (Isla de Coco), Costa Rica.

The crew killed were:

1 Lt. Lester R Ackeberg
2 Lt. Owen F Camp
2 Lt. Robert E Moore
2 Lt. Charles J Sweeney
T/Sgt. Francis X Thanner, Jr
S/Sgt. Richard E. French
Sgt. Glen F Day
Sgt. James C Plemons
Sgt. Herman E Sherdon
Cpl. Edward A Kostrzewa

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Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Illinois


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109166021/richard_eugene-french: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Richard Eugene French (20 Jul 1920–15 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109166021, citing Saint Mary and Saint James Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).