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TSGT Francis Xavier Thanner Jr.

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TSGT Francis Xavier Thanner Jr.

Birth
Death
15 Oct 1943 (aged 29–30)
Costa Rica
Burial
Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 497, Section 8
Memorial ID
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Technical Sergeant Thanner 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

NOTE: Burial 4/22/1948.

Burial location provided courtesy of Dan Phelan


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Technical Sergeant Thanner 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

NOTE: Burial 4/22/1948.

Burial location provided courtesy of Dan Phelan


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Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Maryland; ASN 13071748



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