PARATROOP SHIP CRASHES; 20 DIE
Craft Plunges During Night Mission
Fort Benning, GA., Oct 23, 1943. Twenty officers and men were killed last night when an army transport plane crashed at Lawson Field here while on a night parachute mission, the public relations office announced today.
The dead included two officers and three enlisted men of the Army Air Corps and 15 enlisted men from the parachute troops here.
Air Corps personnel -
2LT Gerard A. Schafer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1LT Milton W. Greig, Baltimore: SGT Robert W. Farmer, Dayton, Ohio; PFC Donald M. Schroeder, Los Angeles, Cal.; PFC Frank J. Sloboda, East Chicago, Ind.
Parachute School personnel -
SGT Phillip L. Schoene of Syracuse, Neb.; SGT Anthony Fiorito, Norristown, PA.; SGT Angelo LaGreca, Brooklyn, New York; PFC Angelo L Alvarado, New York; PFC Clinton E. Argo, (Route 3), Holton, Kans.; PFC Charles B. Barnes, Jr., Galena, Kans.; PFC Paul D. Beerbower,(Route 2) Valley Falls, Kans.; PVT Louis J. Stuppia, Rochester, N.Y.; PVT Claire L. Mock, Ainsworth, Neb.; PVT John E. Robertson, Newport. Ky.; PVT Ralph D. Atwood, Alton, Ind.; PVT John F. Anderson, Jeffersonville, Ind.; PVT Kenneth C. Brayton, Livingston, Mich.; PVT Murel M. Allman, (Box 529) Landis, N. C.; PVT Bernard D. Bedell, (Route 2) Port Jervis, N. Y.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
**Source: Find A Grave contributor, Eric Ackerman
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Jackson County, Kansas...Died Non-Battle.
Craft Plunges During Night Mission
Fort Benning, GA., Oct 23, 1943. Twenty officers and men were killed last night when an army transport plane crashed at Lawson Field here while on a night parachute mission, the public relations office announced today.
The dead included two officers and three enlisted men of the Army Air Corps and 15 enlisted men from the parachute troops here.
Air Corps personnel -
2LT Gerard A. Schafer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1LT Milton W. Greig, Baltimore: SGT Robert W. Farmer, Dayton, Ohio; PFC Donald M. Schroeder, Los Angeles, Cal.; PFC Frank J. Sloboda, East Chicago, Ind.
Parachute School personnel -
SGT Phillip L. Schoene of Syracuse, Neb.; SGT Anthony Fiorito, Norristown, PA.; SGT Angelo LaGreca, Brooklyn, New York; PFC Angelo L Alvarado, New York; PFC Clinton E. Argo, (Route 3), Holton, Kans.; PFC Charles B. Barnes, Jr., Galena, Kans.; PFC Paul D. Beerbower,(Route 2) Valley Falls, Kans.; PVT Louis J. Stuppia, Rochester, N.Y.; PVT Claire L. Mock, Ainsworth, Neb.; PVT John E. Robertson, Newport. Ky.; PVT Ralph D. Atwood, Alton, Ind.; PVT John F. Anderson, Jeffersonville, Ind.; PVT Kenneth C. Brayton, Livingston, Mich.; PVT Murel M. Allman, (Box 529) Landis, N. C.; PVT Bernard D. Bedell, (Route 2) Port Jervis, N. Y.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
**Source: Find A Grave contributor, Eric Ackerman
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Jackson County, Kansas...Died Non-Battle.
PARATROOP SHIP CRASHES; 20 DIE
Craft Plunges During Night Mission
Fort Benning, GA., Oct 23, 1943. Twenty officers and men were killed last night when an army transport plane crashed at Lawson Field here while on a night parachute mission, the public relations office announced today.
The dead included two officers and three enlisted men of the Army Air Corps and 15 enlisted men from the parachute troops here.
Air Corps personnel -
2LT Gerard A. Schafer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1LT Milton W. Greig, Baltimore: SGT Robert W. Farmer, Dayton, Ohio; PFC Donald M. Schroeder, Los Angeles, Cal.; PFC Frank J. Sloboda, East Chicago, Ind.
Parachute School personnel -
SGT Phillip L. Schoene of Syracuse, Neb.; SGT Anthony Fiorito, Norristown, PA.; SGT Angelo LaGreca, Brooklyn, New York; PFC Angelo L Alvarado, New York; PFC Clinton E. Argo, (Route 3), Holton, Kans.; PFC Charles B. Barnes, Jr., Galena, Kans.; PFC Paul D. Beerbower,(Route 2) Valley Falls, Kans.; PVT Louis J. Stuppia, Rochester, N.Y.; PVT Claire L. Mock, Ainsworth, Neb.; PVT John E. Robertson, Newport. Ky.; PVT Ralph D. Atwood, Alton, Ind.; PVT John F. Anderson, Jeffersonville, Ind.; PVT Kenneth C. Brayton, Livingston, Mich.; PVT Murel M. Allman, (Box 529) Landis, N. C.; PVT Bernard D. Bedell, (Route 2) Port Jervis, N. Y.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
**Source: Find A Grave contributor, Eric Ackerman
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Jackson County, Kansas...Died Non-Battle.
Craft Plunges During Night Mission
Fort Benning, GA., Oct 23, 1943. Twenty officers and men were killed last night when an army transport plane crashed at Lawson Field here while on a night parachute mission, the public relations office announced today.
The dead included two officers and three enlisted men of the Army Air Corps and 15 enlisted men from the parachute troops here.
Air Corps personnel -
2LT Gerard A. Schafer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1LT Milton W. Greig, Baltimore: SGT Robert W. Farmer, Dayton, Ohio; PFC Donald M. Schroeder, Los Angeles, Cal.; PFC Frank J. Sloboda, East Chicago, Ind.
Parachute School personnel -
SGT Phillip L. Schoene of Syracuse, Neb.; SGT Anthony Fiorito, Norristown, PA.; SGT Angelo LaGreca, Brooklyn, New York; PFC Angelo L Alvarado, New York; PFC Clinton E. Argo, (Route 3), Holton, Kans.; PFC Charles B. Barnes, Jr., Galena, Kans.; PFC Paul D. Beerbower,(Route 2) Valley Falls, Kans.; PVT Louis J. Stuppia, Rochester, N.Y.; PVT Claire L. Mock, Ainsworth, Neb.; PVT John E. Robertson, Newport. Ky.; PVT Ralph D. Atwood, Alton, Ind.; PVT John F. Anderson, Jeffersonville, Ind.; PVT Kenneth C. Brayton, Livingston, Mich.; PVT Murel M. Allman, (Box 529) Landis, N. C.; PVT Bernard D. Bedell, (Route 2) Port Jervis, N. Y.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
**Source: Find A Grave contributor, Eric Ackerman
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Jackson County, Kansas...Died Non-Battle.
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