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SSgt Bryant M Loftis

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SSgt Bryant M Loftis Veteran

Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 May 1943 (aged 23)
Vlagtwedde, Vlagtwedde Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot C Row36 Grave 21
Memorial ID
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Mother : Annie Will Adams Loftis

As a young 21 year old man from Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted into the Army Air Corp at Camp Lee in Richmond, Virginia on the 18 October 1941. He was killed serving in the 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group Heavy as a Staff Sergeant when his B-17 was downed by German fighter pilots over Stobbe, Holland, Netherlands on the 21 May 1943. I wittness accounts say the plane was hit by enemy fire then exploded before crashing to the ground. He was not married and was survived by his mother Annie Will Adams Loftis and several brothers and sisters.
Mother : Annie Will Adams Loftis

As a young 21 year old man from Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted into the Army Air Corp at Camp Lee in Richmond, Virginia on the 18 October 1941. He was killed serving in the 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group Heavy as a Staff Sergeant when his B-17 was downed by German fighter pilots over Stobbe, Holland, Netherlands on the 21 May 1943. I wittness accounts say the plane was hit by enemy fire then exploded before crashing to the ground. He was not married and was survived by his mother Annie Will Adams Loftis and several brothers and sisters.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Virginia.



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  • Maintained by: Linda Ellington
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359466/bryant_m-loftis: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Bryant M Loftis (17 May 1920–21 May 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56359466, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by Linda Ellington (contributor 47374845).