The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Sgt. John "Jack" P. Bonnassiolle, U.S. Army, of Oakland, Calif. He will be buried Tuesday in San Francisco.
On April 29, 1944, he was aboard a B-24J Liberator with nine other crewmen. They failed to return following a bombing mission over Berlin. German documents captured after the war established the aircraft had crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, north of Hannover. German forces removed the remains of three crewmen from the site and buried them in a cemetery in Hannover.
In 1946, The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command located the remains of the men buried in Hannover and reburied them at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, after confirming the identities of two of the three.
In 2003, a German citizen began excavating the East Meitze crash site and turned over human remains to U.S. officials. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team traveled to excavate the crash site in 2005 and 2007, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment -- including identification tags for Bonnassiolle and three other crew members.(Source:DOD)
Sgt Bonnassiolle's remains will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday, August 8, 2010. He will be buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery will full military honors along side his father Jacques Bonnassiolle on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
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To read about his sister Paulette's journey to find her brother please cut and paste this link http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/34FINAL.pdf. And also to read and/or view an interview done by KTVU televison with his brother Andrew please cut and paste this link http://www.foxreno.com/news/24550145/detail.html
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Crew of #42-110105
2nd/Lt. Robert R. Bishop Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Arthur W. Luce Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald W. Hess Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Thomas Digman Jr. Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
James T. Blong Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Joseph J. Karaso Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
Michael A. Chiodo A. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John J. Harringer Jr. Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John P. Bonnassiolle Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Ralph L. McDonald Gunner MIA/KIA
He is Sgt. John "Jack" P. Bonnassiolle, U.S. Army, of Oakland, Calif. He will be buried Tuesday in San Francisco.
On April 29, 1944, he was aboard a B-24J Liberator with nine other crewmen. They failed to return following a bombing mission over Berlin. German documents captured after the war established the aircraft had crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, north of Hannover. German forces removed the remains of three crewmen from the site and buried them in a cemetery in Hannover.
In 1946, The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command located the remains of the men buried in Hannover and reburied them at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, after confirming the identities of two of the three.
In 2003, a German citizen began excavating the East Meitze crash site and turned over human remains to U.S. officials. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team traveled to excavate the crash site in 2005 and 2007, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment -- including identification tags for Bonnassiolle and three other crew members.(Source:DOD)
Sgt Bonnassiolle's remains will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday, August 8, 2010. He will be buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery will full military honors along side his father Jacques Bonnassiolle on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
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To read about his sister Paulette's journey to find her brother please cut and paste this link http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/34FINAL.pdf. And also to read and/or view an interview done by KTVU televison with his brother Andrew please cut and paste this link http://www.foxreno.com/news/24550145/detail.html
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Crew of #42-110105
2nd/Lt. Robert R. Bishop Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Arthur W. Luce Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald W. Hess Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Thomas Digman Jr. Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
James T. Blong Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Joseph J. Karaso Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
Michael A. Chiodo A. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John J. Harringer Jr. Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John P. Bonnassiolle Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Ralph L. McDonald Gunner MIA/KIA
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Sgt. John "Jack" P. Bonnassiolle, U.S. Army, of Oakland, Calif. He will be buried Tuesday in San Francisco.
On April 29, 1944, he was aboard a B-24J Liberator with nine other crewmen. They failed to return following a bombing mission over Berlin. German documents captured after the war established the aircraft had crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, north of Hannover. German forces removed the remains of three crewmen from the site and buried them in a cemetery in Hannover.
In 1946, The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command located the remains of the men buried in Hannover and reburied them at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, after confirming the identities of two of the three.
In 2003, a German citizen began excavating the East Meitze crash site and turned over human remains to U.S. officials. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team traveled to excavate the crash site in 2005 and 2007, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment -- including identification tags for Bonnassiolle and three other crew members.(Source:DOD)
Sgt Bonnassiolle's remains will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday, August 8, 2010. He will be buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery will full military honors along side his father Jacques Bonnassiolle on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
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To read about his sister Paulette's journey to find her brother please cut and paste this link http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/34FINAL.pdf. And also to read and/or view an interview done by KTVU televison with his brother Andrew please cut and paste this link http://www.foxreno.com/news/24550145/detail.html
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Crew of #42-110105
2nd/Lt. Robert R. Bishop Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Arthur W. Luce Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald W. Hess Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Thomas Digman Jr. Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
James T. Blong Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Joseph J. Karaso Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
Michael A. Chiodo A. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John J. Harringer Jr. Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John P. Bonnassiolle Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Ralph L. McDonald Gunner MIA/KIA
He is Sgt. John "Jack" P. Bonnassiolle, U.S. Army, of Oakland, Calif. He will be buried Tuesday in San Francisco.
On April 29, 1944, he was aboard a B-24J Liberator with nine other crewmen. They failed to return following a bombing mission over Berlin. German documents captured after the war established the aircraft had crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, north of Hannover. German forces removed the remains of three crewmen from the site and buried them in a cemetery in Hannover.
In 1946, The U.S. Army's Graves Registration Command located the remains of the men buried in Hannover and reburied them at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, after confirming the identities of two of the three.
In 2003, a German citizen began excavating the East Meitze crash site and turned over human remains to U.S. officials. A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team traveled to excavate the crash site in 2005 and 2007, recovering additional remains and crew-related equipment -- including identification tags for Bonnassiolle and three other crew members.(Source:DOD)
Sgt Bonnassiolle's remains will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday, August 8, 2010. He will be buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery will full military honors along side his father Jacques Bonnassiolle on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
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To read about his sister Paulette's journey to find her brother please cut and paste this link http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/34FINAL.pdf. And also to read and/or view an interview done by KTVU televison with his brother Andrew please cut and paste this link http://www.foxreno.com/news/24550145/detail.html
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Crew of #42-110105
2nd/Lt. Robert R. Bishop Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Arthur W. Luce Co Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Donald W. Hess Navigator MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Thomas Digman Jr. Bombardier MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
James T. Blong Engineer MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Joseph J. Karaso Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
Michael A. Chiodo A. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John J. Harringer Jr. Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt.
John P. Bonnassiolle Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt.
Ralph L. McDonald Gunner MIA/KIA
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