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2LT Dwight Garfield Bacon

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2LT Dwight Garfield Bacon

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
21 Jun 1943 (aged 25)
Mono County, California, USA
Burial
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. ORIGNL, Blk. 15, Lot 26, Sp. 6
Memorial ID
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2nd Lieutenant Bacon perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7118 collided with Parker Peak, near June Lake, California, June 21, 1943. All seven crew aboard were killed :

2LT William E. Hunt (pilot)
2LT Keith E. Delp
2LT Clair Hartzell, Jr.
T/Sgt. Sam Meyerhoffer
S/Sgt. Elmer Swaving
PFC Maurice A. Smith

The above information was provided courtesy of Find A Grave member Tim Cook. Thank you

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For some reason, another Find A Grave member feels the need to add the inscription of a clearly legible marker to the transcription section.
2nd Lieutenant Bacon perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-24E Liberator #42-7118 collided with Parker Peak, near June Lake, California, June 21, 1943. All seven crew aboard were killed :

2LT William E. Hunt (pilot)
2LT Keith E. Delp
2LT Clair Hartzell, Jr.
T/Sgt. Sam Meyerhoffer
S/Sgt. Elmer Swaving
PFC Maurice A. Smith

The above information was provided courtesy of Find A Grave member Tim Cook. Thank you

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For some reason, another Find A Grave member feels the need to add the inscription of a clearly legible marker to the transcription section.

Inscription

BACON
Dr. L.F.
1884 - 1961
Violet E.
1887 - 1965
Lt. Dwight G,
1918 - 1943



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