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2LT Melicio Melvyn Apodaca

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2LT Melicio Melvyn Apodaca

Birth
Garfield, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Death
10 Oct 1943 (aged 28)
Wayne County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Section 07, Block 02, Lot 10
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Second Lieutenant Apodaca served with the 726th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group at Fairmont Army Air Base, Geneva, Nebraska.

Bombardier aboard B-24H Liberator #41-29181.

While enroute to the Stanton Bombing Range, his airplane crashed, due to a structural failure, five miles southwest of Wayne, Nebraska.

Six aboard were killed:

2LT Cecil C Burr , O-676739, OH, Pilot
2LT William E Harnish, O-752201, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Melicio M Apodaca, O-744223, CA, Bombardier
SGT Wilfred F Wood, 31104593, CT, Flight Engineer
SGT Paul F Zukowski, 12168507, NY, Radio Operator
SSGT Alfred C Dublin, 20841314, TX, Gunner
Second Lieutenant Apodaca served with the 726th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group at Fairmont Army Air Base, Geneva, Nebraska.

Bombardier aboard B-24H Liberator #41-29181.

While enroute to the Stanton Bombing Range, his airplane crashed, due to a structural failure, five miles southwest of Wayne, Nebraska.

Six aboard were killed:

2LT Cecil C Burr , O-676739, OH, Pilot
2LT William E Harnish, O-752201, NJ, Co-Pilot
2LT Melicio M Apodaca, O-744223, CA, Bombardier
SGT Wilfred F Wood, 31104593, CT, Flight Engineer
SGT Paul F Zukowski, 12168507, NY, Radio Operator
SSGT Alfred C Dublin, 20841314, TX, Gunner

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