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SSGT Frank Vesely

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SSGT Frank Vesely Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Jan 1944 (aged 35)
China
Burial
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION F SITE 4267
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Staff Sergeant, 373rd Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force, World War II.

Aerial gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #42-73252.
Lost on a mission after departing Kweilin (Guilin), Guangxi, China for an intended sea patrol off the coast of Indo-China. Conflicting sources as to where the crash site was found.
Missing Air Crew Report № 5197.

All ten airmen aboard were killed:

2nd Lt. Harold M Walth, O2051762, Pilot
2nd Lt. James L Cunningham, O-797482, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Bruntraeger, O-798739, Navigator
2nd Lt. Chester L Orloff, O-738938, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Darcy L Holm, 39836855, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Joel Abelson, 32410973, Gunner
Sgt. Robert J Conroy, 16169462, Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul E Schroeder, 15069348, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Angelo C Solino, 12090491, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Frank Vesely, 32476251, Gunner
~~
Entered the service from New York; Tompkins County; ASN 32476251.
Enlisted at Syracuse, New York, September 15, 1942.

Date of burial March 16, 1948.
Staff Sergeant, 373rd Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force, World War II.

Aerial gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #42-73252.
Lost on a mission after departing Kweilin (Guilin), Guangxi, China for an intended sea patrol off the coast of Indo-China. Conflicting sources as to where the crash site was found.
Missing Air Crew Report № 5197.

All ten airmen aboard were killed:

2nd Lt. Harold M Walth, O2051762, Pilot
2nd Lt. James L Cunningham, O-797482, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Bruntraeger, O-798739, Navigator
2nd Lt. Chester L Orloff, O-738938, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Darcy L Holm, 39836855, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Joel Abelson, 32410973, Gunner
Sgt. Robert J Conroy, 16169462, Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul E Schroeder, 15069348, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Angelo C Solino, 12090491, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Frank Vesely, 32476251, Gunner
~~
Entered the service from New York; Tompkins County; ASN 32476251.
Enlisted at Syracuse, New York, September 15, 1942.

Date of burial March 16, 1948.

Inscription

SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II


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