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PFC Bernardino S Espitia

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PFC Bernardino S Espitia Veteran

Birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Death
27 Nov 1943 (aged 19)
At Sea
Burial
Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Plot
Tablets Of The Missing ~ Army
Memorial ID
56246841 View Source

Bernardino served as a Private First Class, 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Potter County, Texas prior to the war.

Bernardino was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.

The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.

1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.

Bernardino was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 38340227

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

Bernardino served as a Private First Class, 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Potter County, Texas prior to the war.

Bernardino was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.

The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.

1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.

Bernardino was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 38340227

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )


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