Army Air Force 2LT Stanley Alenier, 23, killed in World War II, remains unaccounted-for.
Born August 7, 1920, Stanley was blessed to the union of Herman and Hattie Alenier.
Enlisting in the Army on August 8, 1942, in Albany, New York, Stanley was a bachelor working as an actor.
2LT Alenier served with the 38th Bomber Squadron of the 30th Bomber Group (Heavy), stationed at Hawkins Field on Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On January 21, 1944, the Navigator of B-24J #42-72999, 2LT Alenier was on a bombing mission over Roi Island. Possibly due to engine trouble, they crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff, approximately 3 miles off the east coast of Tarawa. Two explosions were heard by ground crews on Tarawa after they hit the water.
Young Stanley - just 23 years old - perished with the rest of the Liberator's crew of ten.
Rescue crews recovered the remains of five individuals; however, SSGT Shell was not among those recovered. The three identified sets of remains and two unidentified sets were reportedly interred in Cemetery No. 33 on Betio Island, one of several cemeteries established on the island after the U.S. seized the island from the Japanese in November 1943.
For his service and sacrifice, Stanley's family accepted his awards and decorations, including the Air Medal and his Purple Heart.
WAR DEPARTMENT LISTS THREE AREA CASUALTIES
Pvt. John H. Duncan, son of Mrs. Beatrice Duncan of 201 Fifth Avenue, Watervliet, has been killed in action in the Mediterranean area, according to a War Department release yesterday.
The War Department also announced the death in action in the Central Pacific area of SECOND LIEUT. STANLEY J. ALENIER, son of Herman L. Alenier of 313 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam.
Pfc. William F. Bradt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bradt of 56 North Allen Street, Albany, has been listed by the Navy Department as wounded in action. Private Bradt is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Following the war, the U.S. Army’s 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947. Using U.S. Marine Corps records, they began the task of consolidating all the remains from isolated burial sites into a single cemetery called Lone Palm Cemetery. The remains of the B-24J crew were believed to be among those moved; however, 2LT Alenier’s remains were not identified. Stanley was declared "non-recoverable".
Throughout 1949, 94 sets of unidentified Tarawa remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, known as the Punchbowl.
Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Stanley Jack Alenier is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 7 of the "Courts of the Missing".
SOURCE
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Troy Record (Troy, NY); 2/24/1944; Pg 10 - Eric Ackerman
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-72999:
Alenier, Stanley J. - 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY - MIA
Dabrowski, Stephen J. - 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ - Identified, 1949
Fenzel, John F. - S/Sgt, Gunner, MD - MIA
Johnson, George M. - 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, DE - Identified, 2019
Lurcott, Howard T. - 1st Lt, Pilot, MO - Identified, 2019
Myers, Arthur E. - S/Sgt, Gunner, OH - Identified, 1949
Polzien, Donald L. - S/Sgt, Engineer, IA - MIA
Rothman, Howard - Sgt, Radar Operator, NJ - MIA
Shaffer, Carl M. - S/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA - Identified, 2018
Shell, James W. - S/Sgt, Gunner, GA - MIA - Cenotaph (Fairburn GA)
Born August 7, 1920, Stanley was blessed to the union of Herman and Hattie Alenier.
Enlisting in the Army on August 8, 1942, in Albany, New York, Stanley was a bachelor working as an actor.
2LT Alenier served with the 38th Bomber Squadron of the 30th Bomber Group (Heavy), stationed at Hawkins Field on Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On January 21, 1944, the Navigator of B-24J #42-72999, 2LT Alenier was on a bombing mission over Roi Island. Possibly due to engine trouble, they crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff, approximately 3 miles off the east coast of Tarawa. Two explosions were heard by ground crews on Tarawa after they hit the water.
Young Stanley - just 23 years old - perished with the rest of the Liberator's crew of ten.
Rescue crews recovered the remains of five individuals; however, SSGT Shell was not among those recovered. The three identified sets of remains and two unidentified sets were reportedly interred in Cemetery No. 33 on Betio Island, one of several cemeteries established on the island after the U.S. seized the island from the Japanese in November 1943.
For his service and sacrifice, Stanley's family accepted his awards and decorations, including the Air Medal and his Purple Heart.
WAR DEPARTMENT LISTS THREE AREA CASUALTIES
Pvt. John H. Duncan, son of Mrs. Beatrice Duncan of 201 Fifth Avenue, Watervliet, has been killed in action in the Mediterranean area, according to a War Department release yesterday.
The War Department also announced the death in action in the Central Pacific area of SECOND LIEUT. STANLEY J. ALENIER, son of Herman L. Alenier of 313 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam.
Pfc. William F. Bradt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bradt of 56 North Allen Street, Albany, has been listed by the Navy Department as wounded in action. Private Bradt is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Following the war, the U.S. Army’s 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947. Using U.S. Marine Corps records, they began the task of consolidating all the remains from isolated burial sites into a single cemetery called Lone Palm Cemetery. The remains of the B-24J crew were believed to be among those moved; however, 2LT Alenier’s remains were not identified. Stanley was declared "non-recoverable".
Throughout 1949, 94 sets of unidentified Tarawa remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, known as the Punchbowl.
Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Stanley Jack Alenier is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 7 of the "Courts of the Missing".
SOURCE
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Troy Record (Troy, NY); 2/24/1944; Pg 10 - Eric Ackerman
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-72999:
Alenier, Stanley J. - 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY - MIA
Dabrowski, Stephen J. - 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ - Identified, 1949
Fenzel, John F. - S/Sgt, Gunner, MD - MIA
Johnson, George M. - 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, DE - Identified, 2019
Lurcott, Howard T. - 1st Lt, Pilot, MO - Identified, 2019
Myers, Arthur E. - S/Sgt, Gunner, OH - Identified, 1949
Polzien, Donald L. - S/Sgt, Engineer, IA - MIA
Rothman, Howard - Sgt, Radar Operator, NJ - MIA
Shaffer, Carl M. - S/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA - Identified, 2018
Shell, James W. - S/Sgt, Gunner, GA - MIA - Cenotaph (Fairburn GA)
Army Air Force 2LT Stanley Alenier, 23, killed in World War II, remains unaccounted-for.
Born August 7, 1920, Stanley was blessed to the union of Herman and Hattie Alenier.
Enlisting in the Army on August 8, 1942, in Albany, New York, Stanley was a bachelor working as an actor.
2LT Alenier served with the 38th Bomber Squadron of the 30th Bomber Group (Heavy), stationed at Hawkins Field on Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On January 21, 1944, the Navigator of B-24J #42-72999, 2LT Alenier was on a bombing mission over Roi Island. Possibly due to engine trouble, they crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff, approximately 3 miles off the east coast of Tarawa. Two explosions were heard by ground crews on Tarawa after they hit the water.
Young Stanley - just 23 years old - perished with the rest of the Liberator's crew of ten.
Rescue crews recovered the remains of five individuals; however, SSGT Shell was not among those recovered. The three identified sets of remains and two unidentified sets were reportedly interred in Cemetery No. 33 on Betio Island, one of several cemeteries established on the island after the U.S. seized the island from the Japanese in November 1943.
For his service and sacrifice, Stanley's family accepted his awards and decorations, including the Air Medal and his Purple Heart.
WAR DEPARTMENT LISTS THREE AREA CASUALTIES
Pvt. John H. Duncan, son of Mrs. Beatrice Duncan of 201 Fifth Avenue, Watervliet, has been killed in action in the Mediterranean area, according to a War Department release yesterday.
The War Department also announced the death in action in the Central Pacific area of SECOND LIEUT. STANLEY J. ALENIER, son of Herman L. Alenier of 313 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam.
Pfc. William F. Bradt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bradt of 56 North Allen Street, Albany, has been listed by the Navy Department as wounded in action. Private Bradt is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Following the war, the U.S. Army’s 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947. Using U.S. Marine Corps records, they began the task of consolidating all the remains from isolated burial sites into a single cemetery called Lone Palm Cemetery. The remains of the B-24J crew were believed to be among those moved; however, 2LT Alenier’s remains were not identified. Stanley was declared "non-recoverable".
Throughout 1949, 94 sets of unidentified Tarawa remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, known as the Punchbowl.
Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Stanley Jack Alenier is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 7 of the "Courts of the Missing".
SOURCE
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Troy Record (Troy, NY); 2/24/1944; Pg 10 - Eric Ackerman
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-72999:
Alenier, Stanley J. - 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY - MIA
Dabrowski, Stephen J. - 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ - Identified, 1949
Fenzel, John F. - S/Sgt, Gunner, MD - MIA
Johnson, George M. - 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, DE - Identified, 2019
Lurcott, Howard T. - 1st Lt, Pilot, MO - Identified, 2019
Myers, Arthur E. - S/Sgt, Gunner, OH - Identified, 1949
Polzien, Donald L. - S/Sgt, Engineer, IA - MIA
Rothman, Howard - Sgt, Radar Operator, NJ - MIA
Shaffer, Carl M. - S/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA - Identified, 2018
Shell, James W. - S/Sgt, Gunner, GA - MIA - Cenotaph (Fairburn GA)
Born August 7, 1920, Stanley was blessed to the union of Herman and Hattie Alenier.
Enlisting in the Army on August 8, 1942, in Albany, New York, Stanley was a bachelor working as an actor.
2LT Alenier served with the 38th Bomber Squadron of the 30th Bomber Group (Heavy), stationed at Hawkins Field on Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On January 21, 1944, the Navigator of B-24J #42-72999, 2LT Alenier was on a bombing mission over Roi Island. Possibly due to engine trouble, they crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff, approximately 3 miles off the east coast of Tarawa. Two explosions were heard by ground crews on Tarawa after they hit the water.
Young Stanley - just 23 years old - perished with the rest of the Liberator's crew of ten.
Rescue crews recovered the remains of five individuals; however, SSGT Shell was not among those recovered. The three identified sets of remains and two unidentified sets were reportedly interred in Cemetery No. 33 on Betio Island, one of several cemeteries established on the island after the U.S. seized the island from the Japanese in November 1943.
For his service and sacrifice, Stanley's family accepted his awards and decorations, including the Air Medal and his Purple Heart.
WAR DEPARTMENT LISTS THREE AREA CASUALTIES
Pvt. John H. Duncan, son of Mrs. Beatrice Duncan of 201 Fifth Avenue, Watervliet, has been killed in action in the Mediterranean area, according to a War Department release yesterday.
The War Department also announced the death in action in the Central Pacific area of SECOND LIEUT. STANLEY J. ALENIER, son of Herman L. Alenier of 313 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam.
Pfc. William F. Bradt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bradt of 56 North Allen Street, Albany, has been listed by the Navy Department as wounded in action. Private Bradt is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Following the war, the U.S. Army’s 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947. Using U.S. Marine Corps records, they began the task of consolidating all the remains from isolated burial sites into a single cemetery called Lone Palm Cemetery. The remains of the B-24J crew were believed to be among those moved; however, 2LT Alenier’s remains were not identified. Stanley was declared "non-recoverable".
Throughout 1949, 94 sets of unidentified Tarawa remains were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, known as the Punchbowl.
Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Stanley Jack Alenier is memorialized among the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's Honolulu Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed within Court 7 of the "Courts of the Missing".
SOURCE
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
The Troy Record (Troy, NY); 2/24/1944; Pg 10 - Eric Ackerman
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-72999:
Alenier, Stanley J. - 2nd Lt, Navigator, NY - MIA
Dabrowski, Stephen J. - 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ - Identified, 1949
Fenzel, John F. - S/Sgt, Gunner, MD - MIA
Johnson, George M. - 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, DE - Identified, 2019
Lurcott, Howard T. - 1st Lt, Pilot, MO - Identified, 2019
Myers, Arthur E. - S/Sgt, Gunner, OH - Identified, 1949
Polzien, Donald L. - S/Sgt, Engineer, IA - MIA
Rothman, Howard - Sgt, Radar Operator, NJ - MIA
Shaffer, Carl M. - S/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA - Identified, 2018
Shell, James W. - S/Sgt, Gunner, GA - MIA - Cenotaph (Fairburn GA)
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ALENIER STANLEY J
2 LT • 819 BOMB SQ 30 BOMB GRP • N Y
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