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CPL George L. Kovich

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CPL George L. Kovich Veteran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
16 May 1944 (aged 20)
March Field, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 17
Memorial ID
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Corporal Kovich perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24J Liberator #42-73387 struck a perimeter fence then crashed into a hillside at March Army Airfield, near Riverside, California

Six other airmen were also killed:

2nd Lt. Joseph W Shaw , pilot
2nd Lt. Robert S Bingham
Flt. Off. Jaime V Gama
2nd Lt. Herman Minden
Cpl. Albert M Benefiel
Cpl. Kenneth B Wettstein
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania; ASN 35172526
Corporal Kovich perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24J Liberator #42-73387 struck a perimeter fence then crashed into a hillside at March Army Airfield, near Riverside, California

Six other airmen were also killed:

2nd Lt. Joseph W Shaw , pilot
2nd Lt. Robert S Bingham
Flt. Off. Jaime V Gama
2nd Lt. Herman Minden
Cpl. Albert M Benefiel
Cpl. Kenneth B Wettstein
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania; ASN 35172526



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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Feb 7, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84628884/george_l-kovich: accessed ), memorial page for CPL George L. Kovich (12 Apr 1924–16 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84628884, citing Grandview Cemetery, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).