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Cpl. Leroy Melvin Apple

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Cpl. Leroy Melvin Apple

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
4 May 1945 (aged 18)
March Field, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Larch 87
Memorial ID
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Leroy served as a Corporal on B-24J (#42-73184), 420th Base Unit, March Field, California, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on August 1, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.

Leroy died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed two miles southeast of Riverside, California during the war.

His headstone is not on his lot. The photo to the left is of the lot he was interred in.

Service # 33907420

Son of Mrs. Myrtle Apple who resided in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)

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Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-73184):

Apple, Leroy M ~ Corp, Gunner, Maryland
Arnold, Robert E ~ Corp, Radio Operator, California
Behrman, Vernon B ~ Corp, Engineer, Missouri
Bengston, Raymond E ~ Corp, Asst. Engineer, Minnesota
Martine, Robert P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Pennsylvania
Miller, Arthur A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Ohio
Tieck, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Yost, Charles L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Missouri

(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)

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( Burial found by: Dan Phelan )
Leroy served as a Corporal on B-24J (#42-73184), 420th Base Unit, March Field, California, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on August 1, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Single, without dependents.

Leroy died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed two miles southeast of Riverside, California during the war.

His headstone is not on his lot. The photo to the left is of the lot he was interred in.

Service # 33907420

Son of Mrs. Myrtle Apple who resided in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)

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Airmen who perished on B-24J (#42-73184):

Apple, Leroy M ~ Corp, Gunner, Maryland
Arnold, Robert E ~ Corp, Radio Operator, California
Behrman, Vernon B ~ Corp, Engineer, Missouri
Bengston, Raymond E ~ Corp, Asst. Engineer, Minnesota
Martine, Robert P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Pennsylvania
Miller, Arthur A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Ohio
Tieck, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, California
Yost, Charles L ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Missouri

(Crew Report by: Tim Cook)

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( Burial found by: Dan Phelan )


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