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TSGT Leon Ralph Lew

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TSGT Leon Ralph Lew Veteran

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
16 Sep 1958 (aged 32)
Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Niles, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Leon was from Skokie, Illinois, the son of Alice V. Lew, was married to Dorothy Lew, and had three sons and two daughters. He was a Tech Sergeant serving in the 69th Bomb Squadron at Loring Air Force Base in Maine. He was tail gunner and was killed along with six others when his B-52 went down on a Cold War training mission. The plane had a defective vertical stabilizer tail, which fell off.
The others include:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Benard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
Leon was from Skokie, Illinois, the son of Alice V. Lew, was married to Dorothy Lew, and had three sons and two daughters. He was a Tech Sergeant serving in the 69th Bomb Squadron at Loring Air Force Base in Maine. He was tail gunner and was killed along with six others when his B-52 went down on a Cold War training mission. The plane had a defective vertical stabilizer tail, which fell off.
The others include:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Benard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA

Inscription

ILLINOIS
T SGT SS BOMB SQ AF
WORLD WAR II


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  • Created by: Cori
  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103683037/leon_ralph-lew: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Leon Ralph Lew (14 Oct 1925–16 Sep 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103683037, citing Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Cori (contributor 46481123).