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CPL Adam Joseph Kochan

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CPL Adam Joseph Kochan

Birth
Death
29 Apr 1944 (aged 33)
Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Corporal Kochan was a Flight Engineer aboard
RB-24E Liberator #41-28413. Killed in a
weather-related crash near Merna, Nebraska,
while on a flight leg from Chicago to Denver.

Nine other Army personnel also perished:


Capt. Virgil D Anderson
Capt. Stanley M Foster
2nd Lt. Frank L Brown
2nd Lt. Warren C Karas
2nd Lt. Charles F Piel
Flt. Off. Rollin E Ryburn
S/Sgt. Eugene D Rydstedt
Pvt. Edward J Jacobs
Pvt. Bruno C Oskar


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Corporal Kochan was a Flight Engineer aboard
RB-24E Liberator #41-28413. Killed in a
weather-related crash near Merna, Nebraska,
while on a flight leg from Chicago to Denver.

Nine other Army personnel also perished:


Capt. Virgil D Anderson
Capt. Stanley M Foster
2nd Lt. Frank L Brown
2nd Lt. Warren C Karas
2nd Lt. Charles F Piel
Flt. Off. Rollin E Ryburn
S/Sgt. Eugene D Rydstedt
Pvt. Edward J Jacobs
Pvt. Bruno C Oskar


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Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Illinois; ASN 36398487


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128785270/adam_joseph-kochan: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Adam Joseph Kochan (23 Dec 1910–29 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128785270, citing Resurrection Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).