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SGT Richard Herbert Miner

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SGT Richard Herbert Miner Veteran

Birth
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
25 Feb 1944 (aged 25)
Clark County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.7856597, Longitude: -71.0901195
Plot
Section 4 Lot 92B
Memorial ID
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Sergeant Miner was killed aboard

U.S. Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress

#42-31324 in a mid-air collision with an

AT-6, fifteen miles northwest of

Las Vegas, Nevada.


All airmen aboard the B-17 perished:


2nd Lt. Donald C M Westhaver, pilot

2nd Lt. Court B Lake, Co-pilot

S/Sgt. Robert T King

S/Sgt. Ralph E Warford

Sgt. Richard H Miner

Sgt. Joseph F Triscori

PFC Lavern R Freeland

PFC Peter Merich, Jr

Pvt. George O Patterson

Pvt. Robert E L Patterson

Pvt. Leonard G Patterson

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327TH FGTG US ARMY AIR FORCE

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

about Richard H Miner

Name: Richard H Miner

Birth Year: 1918

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts

State of Residence: New York

County or City: Kings

Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1940

Enlistment State: New York

Enlistment City: Brooklyn

Branch: Field Artillery

Grade Code: Private

National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

Source: National Guard

Education: 2 years of high school

Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in printing and publishing, n.e.c.

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 65

Weight:132

Sergeant Miner was killed aboard

U.S. Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress

#42-31324 in a mid-air collision with an

AT-6, fifteen miles northwest of

Las Vegas, Nevada.


All airmen aboard the B-17 perished:


2nd Lt. Donald C M Westhaver, pilot

2nd Lt. Court B Lake, Co-pilot

S/Sgt. Robert T King

S/Sgt. Ralph E Warford

Sgt. Richard H Miner

Sgt. Joseph F Triscori

PFC Lavern R Freeland

PFC Peter Merich, Jr

Pvt. George O Patterson

Pvt. Robert E L Patterson

Pvt. Leonard G Patterson

~

327TH FGTG US ARMY AIR FORCE

~

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

about Richard H Miner

Name: Richard H Miner

Birth Year: 1918

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts

State of Residence: New York

County or City: Kings

Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1940

Enlistment State: New York

Enlistment City: Brooklyn

Branch: Field Artillery

Grade Code: Private

National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

Source: National Guard

Education: 2 years of high school

Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in printing and publishing, n.e.c.

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 65

Weight:132



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