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SSgt Herman Riefen

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SSgt Herman Riefen Veteran

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
13 Jun 1945
Gairloch, Highland, Scotland
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Plot D Row 2 Grave 26
Memorial ID
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Herman was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy. Service # 16028870

He entered the Service from New York.

Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Sgt Riefen was aboard a B-24-H Liberator bomber, serial number 42-95095, which crashed at the Fairy Lochs near Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland with the loss of all 9 crew members and 6 passengers. It was returning to the USA.

SSgt Robert J Francis

TSgt Hillburn L Cheek

SSgt Eldon J Gilles

SSgt Albert L Natkin

SSgt Emil Einarsen
Herman was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces-66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy. Service # 16028870

He entered the Service from New York.

Awards: Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Sgt Riefen was aboard a B-24-H Liberator bomber, serial number 42-95095, which crashed at the Fairy Lochs near Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland with the loss of all 9 crew members and 6 passengers. It was returning to the USA.

SSgt Robert J Francis

TSgt Hillburn L Cheek

SSgt Eldon J Gilles

SSgt Albert L Natkin

SSgt Emil Einarsen

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  • Maintained by: stevenkh1
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56293741/herman-riefen: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Herman Riefen (unknown–13 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56293741, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by stevenkh1 (contributor 47175148).