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1LT David Langham Bennell

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1LT David Langham Bennell Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Apr 1945 (aged 24)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Willow, Lot 84, Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed, three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
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ASN: O-696196.
Died in service on a flight aboard C-47 Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated during a thunderstorm and crashed, three miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
~
ASN: O-696196.

Inscription

1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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