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2LT Herbert Foster Minard

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2LT Herbert Foster Minard

Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
29 Sep 1944 (aged 22)
France
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 82 SITE 125
Memorial ID
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Bombardier aboard B-24H #41-29439, nicknamed "Gallopin' Ghost."

Crashed at Lioncourt, near St. Quentin, France, returning from a gas transporting mission to St. Nizier. All six crew members were killed.

1st Lt. Marshall K Lewis, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Sheldon L Adler, O-820188, Co-pilot
T/Sgt. Paul E Miller, 16056129, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Samuel Dragoon, Flight Engineer
Sgt. Wilbur R Hain, 33187738, Asst. Ground Crew Chief
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Sedgwick County, Kansas...Killed In Action...787th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, Heavy...Bombardier on B-24H Liberator #41-29349 that crashed at Lioncourt, near St. Quentin, France on return from gas trucking mission to St. Dizier, France.
Bombardier aboard B-24H #41-29439, nicknamed "Gallopin' Ghost."

Crashed at Lioncourt, near St. Quentin, France, returning from a gas transporting mission to St. Nizier. All six crew members were killed.

1st Lt. Marshall K Lewis, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Sheldon L Adler, O-820188, Co-pilot
T/Sgt. Paul E Miller, 16056129, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Samuel Dragoon, Flight Engineer
Sgt. Wilbur R Hain, 33187738, Asst. Ground Crew Chief
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Sedgwick County, Kansas...Killed In Action...787th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, Heavy...Bombardier on B-24H Liberator #41-29349 that crashed at Lioncourt, near St. Quentin, France on return from gas trucking mission to St. Dizier, France.

Inscription

2LT, 787 AAF BOMB SQ, 466 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Re-interred on October 3, 1949.



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44919572/herbert_foster-minard: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Herbert Foster Minard (30 Jan 1922–29 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44919572, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).