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2LT Clayton John Toffey

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2LT Clayton John Toffey Veteran

Birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
12 Apr 1944 (aged 23)
Hawaii, USA
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section N, site 1167
Memorial ID
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Thank you to Tim Cook for the following:

Second Lieutenant Toffey served with the
816th Bomb Squadron, 30th Bomb Group.

He was one of nine Army airmen killed
in the line of duty in the crash of B-24D
Liberator #42-72960 into Kipapa Gulch,
Oahu, Hawaii, during World War II.

The airmen killed were:

2nd Lt. Homer D. Slawson, Jr (pilot)
2nd Lt. Richard W. DeWitt
2nd Lt. Homer P. Reimer
2nd Lt. Clayton J. Toffey
S/Sgt. James E. Thompson
Sgt. Robert L. Breswick
Sgt. John F. Gula
Sgt. Lester H. Jackson
Sgt. Warren J. Newton
Thank you to Tim Cook for the following:

Second Lieutenant Toffey served with the
816th Bomb Squadron, 30th Bomb Group.

He was one of nine Army airmen killed
in the line of duty in the crash of B-24D
Liberator #42-72960 into Kipapa Gulch,
Oahu, Hawaii, during World War II.

The airmen killed were:

2nd Lt. Homer D. Slawson, Jr (pilot)
2nd Lt. Richard W. DeWitt
2nd Lt. Homer P. Reimer
2nd Lt. Clayton J. Toffey
S/Sgt. James E. Thompson
Sgt. Robert L. Breswick
Sgt. John F. Gula
Sgt. Lester H. Jackson
Sgt. Warren J. Newton

Inscription

Connecticut; 2nd Lieutenant, 816 Army Air Forces Bomb Squadron, World War II

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Connecticut.



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