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SSGT Thomas Ira Walsh Jr.

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SSGT Thomas Ira Walsh Jr.

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
19 May 1944 (aged 31)
England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Plot E Row 2 Grave 98
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Thomas Ira Walsh Jr. and his crew were returning to their home base in England after a daytime mission. While flying over the English Channel, they took on enemy fire causing their airplane to crash into the English Channel and killing everyone on board.

SSgt Walsh was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Thomas Ira Walsh Jr. and his crew were returning to their home base in England after a daytime mission. While flying over the English Channel, they took on enemy fire causing their airplane to crash into the English Channel and killing everyone on board.

SSgt Walsh was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

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SSGT 670 BOMB SQUADRON
416 BOMB GROUP (L)

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Entered the service from Illinois.

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  • Maintained by: JFINK
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295301/thomas_ira-walsh: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Thomas Ira Walsh Jr. (17 May 1913–19 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56295301, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by JFINK (contributor 48479510).