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SSGT Charles Oliver Baumgartner Jr.

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SSGT Charles Oliver Baumgartner Jr.

Birth
Sebring, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
Death
6 Aug 1945 (aged 29)
Hiroshima, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Section 82 Site 156
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Lower gunner of B-24 "Taloa" (serial number 44-40716). Shot down and crashed near Hiroshima on 28 July 1945. Taken prisoner and held at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters. Died with at least ten other Americans held prisoner of war in the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima.
Lower gunner of B-24 "Taloa" (serial number 44-40716). Shot down and crashed near Hiroshima on 28 July 1945. Taken prisoner and held at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters. Died with at least ten other Americans held prisoner of war in the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima.

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SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: Jami
  • Added: Jan 6, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32720370/charles_oliver-baumgartner: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Charles Oliver Baumgartner Jr. (9 Oct 1915–6 Aug 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32720370, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Jami (contributor 46954307).