1Lt Wesley B Empey Veteran

Birth: 1918
Utah, USA
Death: 16 Jan 1944 (aged 25–26)
Monument: Honolulu Memorial

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot: Courts of the Missing
Memorial ID: 56129631 View Source

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72nd Fighter Sqd., 318th Fighter Gp.

Escort/Strafe mission from Makin Island to Mille Island

P-39 42-19469

A/C seen to hit water 2-3 miles W Mille Island

Missing Air Crew Report 1903 (NARA)

72nd Fighter Sqd., 318th Fighter Gp.

Escort/Strafe mission from Makin Island to Mille Island

P-39 42-19469

A/C seen to hit water 2-3 miles W Mille Island

Missing Air Crew Report 1903 (NARA)

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Entered the service from Utah.

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1Lt Wesley B Empey Veteran