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SSGT Earl Leroy Block

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SSGT Earl Leroy Block

Birth
Alameda County, California, USA
Death
4 Nov 1945 (aged 21)
Schlatt, Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Plot
Plot D Row 46 Grave 15
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Killed in service in an accident at Schlatt, Germany, aboard C-47A Skytrain #43-15104.


During a flight from Boddington, England, bound for Munich, Germany, the transport airplane crashed into terrain during a snowstorm. All sixteen passengers and crew aboard were killed:


2LT Albert B Apple, Pilot

1LT Norman P Henderson

1LT Ernest W Koskela

FLT O Jackie E Daves

2LT Roger J Dibble

SSGT Earl L Block

SSGT Arthur B Cederberg

SSGT John P Gattermeir

SSGT David Jack

SSGT Martin Kenez Jr

SSGT Ray A Millsaps

SSGT Morris E Moore

~

Entered the service from California.

SSGT Harry V Peters

TSGT Laverne F Redfield

TSGT Claude M White

CPL Heinz F Jendral

~

Killed in service in an accident at Schlatt, Germany, aboard C-47A Skytrain #43-15104.


During a flight from Boddington, England, bound for Munich, Germany, the transport airplane crashed into terrain during a snowstorm. All sixteen passengers and crew aboard were killed:


2LT Albert B Apple, Pilot

1LT Norman P Henderson

1LT Ernest W Koskela

FLT O Jackie E Daves

2LT Roger J Dibble

SSGT Earl L Block

SSGT Arthur B Cederberg

SSGT John P Gattermeir

SSGT David Jack

SSGT Martin Kenez Jr

SSGT Ray A Millsaps

SSGT Morris E Moore

~

Entered the service from California.

SSGT Harry V Peters

TSGT Laverne F Redfield

TSGT Claude M White

CPL Heinz F Jendral

~

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  • Maintained by: Albert Ledoux
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56652858/earl_leroy-block: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Earl Leroy Block (16 Jan 1924–4 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56652858, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Albert Ledoux (contributor 46511171).