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CPL Walter Theodore Kirby

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CPL Walter Theodore Kirby Veteran

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
19 Mar 1944 (aged 23)
El Paso County, Texas, USA
Burial
Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18105174
Son of Albert F. and Mable Kirby.

Corporal Kirby served with the 330th Combat Crew Training Squadron from Biggs Field, near El Paso, Texas.

He was one of nine airmen killed when RB-24E Liberator #42-64398 crashed, five miles southeast of the airfield.

The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. Charles M Cooper, III (pilot)
2nd Lt. Nicholas DePascale
2nd Lt. Rudolph N Medlin
Sgt. Thomas F McCarthy
Sgt. Frank A Pfister, Jr
Cpl. Donald V Robison
PFC Joseph R Kelley
PFC William J Sheridan
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18105174
Son of Albert F. and Mable Kirby.

Corporal Kirby served with the 330th Combat Crew Training Squadron from Biggs Field, near El Paso, Texas.

He was one of nine airmen killed when RB-24E Liberator #42-64398 crashed, five miles southeast of the airfield.

The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. Charles M Cooper, III (pilot)
2nd Lt. Nicholas DePascale
2nd Lt. Rudolph N Medlin
Sgt. Thomas F McCarthy
Sgt. Frank A Pfister, Jr
Cpl. Donald V Robison
PFC Joseph R Kelley
PFC William J Sheridan

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Texas; ___ ASN 18105174


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