CPL August Louis Stark (1914-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

CPL August Louis Stark Veteran

Birth

30 Jan 1914

Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA

Death

27 Feb 1945 (aged 31)

New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Monument

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map

Plot

Tablets of the Missing

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Corporal Stark was an Aviation Mechanic/Radioman/Aerial Gunner aboard Marine Corps VMB 413 North American PBJ-1D "Mitchell" Bomber #35151. VMB 433 PBJ-1D #35105 collided with VMB 413 #35151 on 27 Feb 1945 near Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago as part of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. All 13 aboard both bombers killed.

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Entered the service from Wisconsin.

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CPL August Louis Stark Veteran

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Walter Stark

Helen Paulsen Stark