Joseph Kenneth O'Reilly Dessert (1915-2004)

Joseph Kenneth O'Reilly Dessert Veteran

Birth

18 Nov 1915

Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA

Death

20 May 2004 (aged 88)

Montgomery County, Alabama, USA

Burial

Greenwood Cemetery

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Pilot Major Kenneth O. Dessert
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Squadron: 409th BS 93rd Bomb Group
Service #
Awards: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart

Target: Ploesti Concordia Vega refinery
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1 Aug 1943
Serial Number: 41-23717
Aircraft: Letter: Q
Aircraft: Tupelo Lass
Location: Tupelo Lass successfully returned to Libya
Cause:

After serving in the 1960 in the Congo airlift, he retired his USAF career as a Colonel. Lived postwar in Montgomery, Alabama.

(Information submitted by John Dowdy, Find A Grave contributor on March 15, 2013)

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COL. 93 RD BB GP 2ND AD
WW II SILVER STAR

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