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2LT Vanig Vartanian

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2LT Vanig Vartanian Veteran

Birth
Death
2 Nov 1944 (aged 23)
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cypress, Lot 147, Div. B
Memorial ID
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SECOND LIEUTENANT, 735 AAF BOMB SQ, 453 BOMB GROUP, WORLD WAR II


Shot down by flak aboard B-24H Liberator #42-64469 "EL-FLACO" on the aircraft's 78th

mission, a mission to bomb oil refineries at Castrop-Rauxel, and crashed at Luenen-Sud,

Germany.


10 crew KIA:


2nd Lt. Carl Isaksen

2nd Lt. Earl L Johnson

2nd Lt. Malcolm H Rubin

2nd Lt. Vanig Vartanian

Sgt. Edwin W Bringardner, Jr

Sgt. James A Dietrich

Sgt. Robert L Perrin

Sgt. James E Phillips

Sgt. Robert L Rakouska

Sgt. Dewy D Steele

~

Entered the service from California. Service ID: O-2064687.

SECOND LIEUTENANT, 735 AAF BOMB SQ, 453 BOMB GROUP, WORLD WAR II


Shot down by flak aboard B-24H Liberator #42-64469 "EL-FLACO" on the aircraft's 78th

mission, a mission to bomb oil refineries at Castrop-Rauxel, and crashed at Luenen-Sud,

Germany.


10 crew KIA:


2nd Lt. Carl Isaksen

2nd Lt. Earl L Johnson

2nd Lt. Malcolm H Rubin

2nd Lt. Vanig Vartanian

Sgt. Edwin W Bringardner, Jr

Sgt. James A Dietrich

Sgt. Robert L Perrin

Sgt. James E Phillips

Sgt. Robert L Rakouska

Sgt. Dewy D Steele

~

Entered the service from California. Service ID: O-2064687.


Inscription

CALIFORNIA
2D LIEUT 735 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Sep 3, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135362185/vanig-vartanian: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Vanig Vartanian (15 Nov 1920–2 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135362185, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).