Name Walter E Dessart
From Monmouth County, New Jersey
War World War II
Branch US Army
Rank Staff Sergeant
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Name: Walter E Dessart
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Birth Place: USA
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: African Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known; CausativeAgent: None, or unknown
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty (Battle Casualty)
Length of service: 1 year - 2 year
Service Number: 12034670
He was in the crew that was part of a bombing raid on the Messerscmidt aircraft factory located in Weiner Neustadt, Austria on November 2, 1943. Enemy fighters shot the aircraft down. Records give the credit to a German pilot, flying a BF-109, from JG 51/11 S credit for the downing.
The aircraft crashed near Prebuch, Austria, with the loss of the entire crew.
His body was returned from St. Avold, France on Feb. 20, 1950.
He was the son of Albert and Emma Malinerich Dessart
Name Walter E Dessart
From Monmouth County, New Jersey
War World War II
Branch US Army
Rank Staff Sergeant
Cause Hostile, Killed in Action
Name: Walter E Dessart
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1923
Birth Place: USA
Admission Date: Nov 1943
Admission Place: African Area
Discharge Date: Nov 1943
Military Branch: Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of Guard Squadrons)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known; CausativeAgent: None, or unknown
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty (Battle Casualty)
Length of service: 1 year - 2 year
Service Number: 12034670
He was in the crew that was part of a bombing raid on the Messerscmidt aircraft factory located in Weiner Neustadt, Austria on November 2, 1943. Enemy fighters shot the aircraft down. Records give the credit to a German pilot, flying a BF-109, from JG 51/11 S credit for the downing.
The aircraft crashed near Prebuch, Austria, with the loss of the entire crew.
His body was returned from St. Avold, France on Feb. 20, 1950.
He was the son of Albert and Emma Malinerich Dessart
Inscription
SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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