Anthony served as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on B-26B #41-18072, 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
Anthony died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-26B crashed for an unknown reason in the Antrim hills, Ireland peat bog during the war.
Service # O-762712
Also killed on the same flight was 1LT Clyde R. Custer of Garrett County, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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The Fredonia Censor - Feb 17, 1949
Still another of Fredonia's service men who lost their lives while in uniform came home this week.
He was Second Lt. Anthony J. DeStefano, a native of this village, who was killed July 4, 1944 in Ireland. His body arrived Tuesday evening at Dunkirk. Funeral services were to be conducted at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Church wtih committal rites at St. Anthony's Cemetery here.
Lt. DeStefano, son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano of Dunkirk, was born here in 1920. He was a graduate of Kenmore High School in 1938 and a member of Boy Scout Trop 92 of Buffalo. He entered the service August 27, 1941, and became an aerial gunner at Kingman, Ariz. He won his bombardier wings and a commission after advanced training at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, NM.
Besides his parents he leaves one sister.
( Burial Location & Article found by: Anne Cady )
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
Anthony died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-26B crashed for an unknown reason in the Antrim hills, Ireland peat bog during the war.
Service # O-762712
Also killed on the same flight was 1LT Clyde R. Custer of Garrett County, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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The Fredonia Censor - Feb 17, 1949
Still another of Fredonia's service men who lost their lives while in uniform came home this week.
He was Second Lt. Anthony J. DeStefano, a native of this village, who was killed July 4, 1944 in Ireland. His body arrived Tuesday evening at Dunkirk. Funeral services were to be conducted at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Church wtih committal rites at St. Anthony's Cemetery here.
Lt. DeStefano, son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano of Dunkirk, was born here in 1920. He was a graduate of Kenmore High School in 1938 and a member of Boy Scout Trop 92 of Buffalo. He entered the service August 27, 1941, and became an aerial gunner at Kingman, Ariz. He won his bombardier wings and a commission after advanced training at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, NM.
Besides his parents he leaves one sister.
( Burial Location & Article found by: Anne Cady )
Anthony served as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on B-26B #41-18072, 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
Anthony died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-26B crashed for an unknown reason in the Antrim hills, Ireland peat bog during the war.
Service # O-762712
Also killed on the same flight was 1LT Clyde R. Custer of Garrett County, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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The Fredonia Censor - Feb 17, 1949
Still another of Fredonia's service men who lost their lives while in uniform came home this week.
He was Second Lt. Anthony J. DeStefano, a native of this village, who was killed July 4, 1944 in Ireland. His body arrived Tuesday evening at Dunkirk. Funeral services were to be conducted at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Church wtih committal rites at St. Anthony's Cemetery here.
Lt. DeStefano, son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano of Dunkirk, was born here in 1920. He was a graduate of Kenmore High School in 1938 and a member of Boy Scout Trop 92 of Buffalo. He entered the service August 27, 1941, and became an aerial gunner at Kingman, Ariz. He won his bombardier wings and a commission after advanced training at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, NM.
Besides his parents he leaves one sister.
( Burial Location & Article found by: Anne Cady )
He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war.
Anthony died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-26B crashed for an unknown reason in the Antrim hills, Ireland peat bog during the war.
Service # O-762712
Also killed on the same flight was 1LT Clyde R. Custer of Garrett County, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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The Fredonia Censor - Feb 17, 1949
Still another of Fredonia's service men who lost their lives while in uniform came home this week.
He was Second Lt. Anthony J. DeStefano, a native of this village, who was killed July 4, 1944 in Ireland. His body arrived Tuesday evening at Dunkirk. Funeral services were to be conducted at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Church wtih committal rites at St. Anthony's Cemetery here.
Lt. DeStefano, son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph DeStefano of Dunkirk, was born here in 1920. He was a graduate of Kenmore High School in 1938 and a member of Boy Scout Trop 92 of Buffalo. He entered the service August 27, 1941, and became an aerial gunner at Kingman, Ariz. He won his bombardier wings and a commission after advanced training at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, NM.
Besides his parents he leaves one sister.
( Burial Location & Article found by: Anne Cady )
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