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TSGT Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Zumwalt

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TSGT Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Zumwalt Veteran

Birth
Kerr County, Texas, USA
Death
20 May 1943 (aged 23)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ingram, Kerr County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Technical Sergeant Zumwalt perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7053 collided with a 20 million cubic feet natural gas storage tank, at the intersection of West 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue in Chicago, after departing the Municipal Airport (now Midway International Airport). All twelve crew aboard were killed.
By TI Cook Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18026082
Technical Sergeant Zumwalt perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7053 collided with a 20 million cubic feet natural gas storage tank, at the intersection of West 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue in Chicago, after departing the Municipal Airport (now Midway International Airport). All twelve crew aboard were killed.
By TI Cook Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 18026082


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