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2Lt Paul Penfield

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2Lt Paul Penfield

Birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
15 Aug 1918 (aged 28)
Ribecourt-Dreslincourt, Departement de l'Oise, Picardie, France
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Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France Add to Map
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Paul Penfield was a aviator, observator and gunner. The plane crashes after an aerial fight against 6 German monoplane planes.
Paul Penfield was a aviator, observator and gunner. The plane crashes after an aerial fight against 6 German monoplane planes.

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Paul Penfield entered the service on August, 15, 1917. He received commission of second Lieutenant at the First Plattsburg Training Camp for Officers, and was subsequently assigned to the 306th infantry at Camp Upton, N.Y. . In December 1917 he was attached to the air service as an observer. He was in active service with the French Escadrille C-46, from April until August 1918. He was shot down in combat with six enemy planes on August 15, 1918, near Ribecourt and Lassigny, France. He was awarded the "Croix de Guerre" with Palm by Marshall Pétain.

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  • Maintained by: A.R.H.M.
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56099583/paul-penfield: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Paul Penfield (7 May 1890–15 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56099583, citing Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France; Maintained by A.R.H.M. (contributor 49463062).