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TSGT Harold P. Kennedy

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TSGT Harold P. Kennedy Veteran

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
10 May 1944 (aged 21–22)
Vostenhof, Neunkirchen Bezirk, Lower Austria, Austria
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot K, Row 21, Grave 22
Memorial ID
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KENNEDY, HAROLD P., Technical Sergeant, 775th Bomber Squadron, 463rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service #38293094, State of Entry: Arkansas, Death: 10-May-1944
Mother, Mrs. Ruben O. Harris

On May 10, 1944 TSGT Kennedy was on the crew of the B-17G #42-31804 "The Irish Orphans" when they left their base at Fogia, Italy for a bombing mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory in Austria. Near the target they were damaged by enemy fire. They crashed near Vostenhof. Only two survived.
Casualties:
Leo H. Brisson - Top Turret Gunner
Theodore J. Dawson - Radio Operator
Gerald F. Gowen - Pilot
Harold P. Kennedy - Navigator
Anthony Nicholopoulos - Left Waist Gunner
Robert L. Nutty - Ball Turret Gunner
Robert D. Omundson - Tail Gunner
Johnothan D. Punzar - Right Waist Gunner
KENNEDY, HAROLD P., Technical Sergeant, 775th Bomber Squadron, 463rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service #38293094, State of Entry: Arkansas, Death: 10-May-1944
Mother, Mrs. Ruben O. Harris

On May 10, 1944 TSGT Kennedy was on the crew of the B-17G #42-31804 "The Irish Orphans" when they left their base at Fogia, Italy for a bombing mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory in Austria. Near the target they were damaged by enemy fire. They crashed near Vostenhof. Only two survived.
Casualties:
Leo H. Brisson - Top Turret Gunner
Theodore J. Dawson - Radio Operator
Gerald F. Gowen - Pilot
Harold P. Kennedy - Navigator
Anthony Nicholopoulos - Left Waist Gunner
Robert L. Nutty - Ball Turret Gunner
Robert D. Omundson - Tail Gunner
Johnothan D. Punzar - Right Waist Gunner

Inscription

HAROLD P. KENNEDY
T SGT 775 BOMB SQ 463 BOMB GP (H)
ARKANSAS MAY 10 1944



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  • Maintained by: IrishEyes
  • 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/56656994/harold_p-kennedy: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Harold P. Kennedy (1922–10 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56656994, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540).