Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18055930
Died in military plane crash about 25 north east of Cold Bay. Plane was an Army transport plane C-53B, Air Corps No. 41-20046 with a crew of four (4) and twelve (12) passengers. The plane crashed in the ocean; there were no survivors. A local trapper living on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, Charles Hendricksen, was able to recover six (6) deceased personnel from the crash site 10 days later. He respectfully buried the survivors. On 18 Oct 1943, over a year later, a US Army part went to the location and recovered the remains, transported them to Fort Randall (Cold Bay) Post Cemetery south of Blinn Lake where they were temporarily buried. Additional details can be located in the following 79 page crash report which - reader should be cautioned - are graphic, as WWII military plane crash reports can be. https://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/images/US-Non-7AD/AGRS/Cemeteries/X-Files%20Cross%20References/Alaska/FT.%20Randall/X-3.pdf.pdf
Died in military plane crash about 25 north east of Cold Bay. Plane was an Army transport plane C-53B, Air Corps No. 41-20046 with a crew of four (4) and twelve (12) passengers. The plane crashed in the ocean; there were no survivors. A local trapper living on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, Charles Hendricksen, was able to recover six (6) deceased personnel from the crash site 10 days later. He respectfully buried the survivors. On 18 Oct 1943, over a year later, a US Army part went to the location and recovered the remains, transported them to Fort Randall (Cold Bay) Post Cemetery south of Blinn Lake where they were temporarily buried. Additional details can be located in the following 79 page crash report which - reader should be cautioned - are graphic, as WWII military plane crash reports can be. https://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/images/US-Non-7AD/AGRS/Cemeteries/X-Files%20Cross%20References/Alaska/FT.%20Randall/X-3.pdf.pdf
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18055930
Died in military plane crash about 25 north east of Cold Bay. Plane was an Army transport plane C-53B, Air Corps No. 41-20046 with a crew of four (4) and twelve (12) passengers. The plane crashed in the ocean; there were no survivors. A local trapper living on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, Charles Hendricksen, was able to recover six (6) deceased personnel from the crash site 10 days later. He respectfully buried the survivors. On 18 Oct 1943, over a year later, a US Army part went to the location and recovered the remains, transported them to Fort Randall (Cold Bay) Post Cemetery south of Blinn Lake where they were temporarily buried. Additional details can be located in the following 79 page crash report which - reader should be cautioned - are graphic, as WWII military plane crash reports can be. https://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/images/US-Non-7AD/AGRS/Cemeteries/X-Files%20Cross%20References/Alaska/FT.%20Randall/X-3.pdf.pdf
Died in military plane crash about 25 north east of Cold Bay. Plane was an Army transport plane C-53B, Air Corps No. 41-20046 with a crew of four (4) and twelve (12) passengers. The plane crashed in the ocean; there were no survivors. A local trapper living on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula, Charles Hendricksen, was able to recover six (6) deceased personnel from the crash site 10 days later. He respectfully buried the survivors. On 18 Oct 1943, over a year later, a US Army part went to the location and recovered the remains, transported them to Fort Randall (Cold Bay) Post Cemetery south of Blinn Lake where they were temporarily buried. Additional details can be located in the following 79 page crash report which - reader should be cautioned - are graphic, as WWII military plane crash reports can be. https://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/images/US-Non-7AD/AGRS/Cemeteries/X-Files%20Cross%20References/Alaska/FT.%20Randall/X-3.pdf.pdf
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