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SSGT George Sherman McDonald

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SSGT George Sherman McDonald Veteran

Birth
Beattyville, Lee County, Kentucky, USA
Death
23 May 1945 (aged 24)
Taillefontaine, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Burial
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section WW2, Row 01, Grave 016
Memorial ID
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The following bio information was provided by Dwight "Andy" Anderson, Find A Grave Contributor #48021049

"The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of five and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home."
The following bio information was provided by Dwight "Andy" Anderson, Find A Grave Contributor #48021049

"The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of five and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home."

Inscription

"Kentucky STAFF SGT HQ CO 8 ARMORED DIV World War II"


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