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2Lt Anthony Joseph Vietri

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2Lt Anthony Joseph Vietri Veteran

Birth
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
9 Sep 1944 (aged 27)
Mannheim, Stadtkreis Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France GPS-Latitude: 49.1210667, Longitude: 6.7179611
Plot
Plot E Row 17 Grave 18
Memorial ID
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Son of Isador and Jennie. B-17 Co-pilot assigned to 527th Bomb Sqn, 379th Bomb Grp, 8th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 8845. Awarded Air Medal and 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
Son of Isador and Jennie. B-17 Co-pilot assigned to 527th Bomb Sqn, 379th Bomb Grp, 8th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 8845. Awarded Air Medal and 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart [Posthumously].

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Rhode Island.




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