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Sgt Joseph Peter DeFrancisci

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Sgt Joseph Peter DeFrancisci

Birth
Corona, Queens County, New York, USA
Death
4 Aug 1943 (aged 24)
Nubieber, Lassen County, California, USA
Burial
Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Section 35, Spc. 9, Lot E, Grave 19
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Sergeant DeFrancisci served with the 539th Bomb Squadron, 382nd Bomb Group from
Pocatello Army Air Base during World War II.

While on a flight from Pocatello, Idaho to Hamilton Field in Northern California, a fire caused an explosion aboard B-24D Liberator #41-24255, and the bomber crashed one mile northeast of Nubieber, in Lassen County, California.

Eight other crew members were killed:

2nd Lt. John H Ballard
2nd Lt. Burton C Hermann
2nd Lt. Bruce E Wright
S/Sgt. Elvin L Griffith
Sgt. Joseph F Caccavale
Sgt. Robert G Larsen
Sgt. Kenneth J Lovelace
Sgt. Louis J Marzie

Birth year is estimate (age 24)

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Sergeant DeFrancisci served with the 539th Bomb Squadron, 382nd Bomb Group from
Pocatello Army Air Base during World War II.

While on a flight from Pocatello, Idaho to Hamilton Field in Northern California, a fire caused an explosion aboard B-24D Liberator #41-24255, and the bomber crashed one mile northeast of Nubieber, in Lassen County, California.

Eight other crew members were killed:

2nd Lt. John H Ballard
2nd Lt. Burton C Hermann
2nd Lt. Bruce E Wright
S/Sgt. Elvin L Griffith
Sgt. Joseph F Caccavale
Sgt. Robert G Larsen
Sgt. Kenneth J Lovelace
Sgt. Louis J Marzie

Birth year is estimate (age 24)

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Entered the service from New York; ASN 12127419

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