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PFC Grant Charles Ruchti

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PFC Grant Charles Ruchti

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
6 Sep 1945 (aged 23)
Burial
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
A_ 75_ 32_ 7
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Grant died in the "Line Of Duty" when the C-47A "Sure Skin" (#42-23860) he was a passenger on apparently caught fire and exploded for an unknown reason and crashed in the San Pedro Bay close to Leyte during bad weather.

This crash occurred 4 days after World War II had ended.

The entire crew of 4 and all 26 passengers perished on this flight.
Grant died in the "Line Of Duty" when the C-47A "Sure Skin" (#42-23860) he was a passenger on apparently caught fire and exploded for an unknown reason and crashed in the San Pedro Bay close to Leyte during bad weather.

This crash occurred 4 days after World War II had ended.

The entire crew of 4 and all 26 passengers perished on this flight.

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