Service No.(ASN): 38454198
Antonio resided in Texas prior to the war.
He served as a Sergeant on B-24H Liberator (#41-29508), 761st Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group (H) , 15th U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Antonio was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was hit by German flak and crashed in Austria during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 29, 1949.
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29508):
Bejar, Antonio C ~ Sgt, Texas
Budriunas, Bronislaus F ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
Carter, Weldon B ~ Sgt, Maine
Di Matteo, Leonard J ~ T/Sgt, New York
Redford, Edward W ~ T/Sgt, Missouri
Smith, Frederick B ~ Capt, Pilot, Indiana
Summers, John W ~ T/Sgt, Tennessee
Three crew members bailed out and survived.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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EUROPEAN THEATER OPERATION
Departure Italy
16 June 1944
Crash place : Gotzendorf, Niederösterreich, Austria
Death Place : Gotzendorf, Austria.
Antonio resided in Texas prior to the war.
He served as a Sergeant on B-24H Liberator (#41-29508), 761st Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group (H) , 15th U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Antonio was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was hit by German flak and crashed in Austria during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 29, 1949.
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29508):
Bejar, Antonio C ~ Sgt, Texas
Budriunas, Bronislaus F ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
Carter, Weldon B ~ Sgt, Maine
Di Matteo, Leonard J ~ T/Sgt, New York
Redford, Edward W ~ T/Sgt, Missouri
Smith, Frederick B ~ Capt, Pilot, Indiana
Summers, John W ~ T/Sgt, Tennessee
Three crew members bailed out and survived.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EUROPEAN THEATER OPERATION
Departure Italy
16 June 1944
Crash place : Gotzendorf, Niederösterreich, Austria
Death Place : Gotzendorf, Austria.
Service No.(ASN): 38454198
Antonio resided in Texas prior to the war.
He served as a Sergeant on B-24H Liberator (#41-29508), 761st Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group (H) , 15th U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Antonio was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was hit by German flak and crashed in Austria during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 29, 1949.
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29508):
Bejar, Antonio C ~ Sgt, Texas
Budriunas, Bronislaus F ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
Carter, Weldon B ~ Sgt, Maine
Di Matteo, Leonard J ~ T/Sgt, New York
Redford, Edward W ~ T/Sgt, Missouri
Smith, Frederick B ~ Capt, Pilot, Indiana
Summers, John W ~ T/Sgt, Tennessee
Three crew members bailed out and survived.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EUROPEAN THEATER OPERATION
Departure Italy
16 June 1944
Crash place : Gotzendorf, Niederösterreich, Austria
Death Place : Gotzendorf, Austria.
Antonio resided in Texas prior to the war.
He served as a Sergeant on B-24H Liberator (#41-29508), 761st Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group (H) , 15th U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Antonio was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 was hit by German flak and crashed in Austria during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 29, 1949.
Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29508):
Bejar, Antonio C ~ Sgt, Texas
Budriunas, Bronislaus F ~ 2nd Lt, Massachusetts
Carter, Weldon B ~ Sgt, Maine
Di Matteo, Leonard J ~ T/Sgt, New York
Redford, Edward W ~ T/Sgt, Missouri
Smith, Frederick B ~ Capt, Pilot, Indiana
Summers, John W ~ T/Sgt, Tennessee
Three crew members bailed out and survived.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EUROPEAN THEATER OPERATION
Departure Italy
16 June 1944
Crash place : Gotzendorf, Niederösterreich, Austria
Death Place : Gotzendorf, Austria.
Inscription
Sgt, US Army Air Corps, World War II
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