SSGT Laura Earlene Besley

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SSGT Laura Earlene Besley Veteran

Birth
Fern, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 May 1945 (aged 31)
West Papua, Indonesia
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section U Site 10
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Died 2 days after the plane crash of the "Gremlin Special", of injuries she received in that plane crash, which was on a site seeing flight in New Guinea during WW II. Served in the U.S. Army (WAC), World War II. She was a SSgt and was from Shippenville, PA.
She was an only child and she was single. She was 31 years old at the time of the crash.
She had worked as a typist for the Pennsylvania Labor Dept before enlisting in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) in 1942.
Her body was recovered 14 years after the crash and was buried May 13 1959.
Died 2 days after the plane crash of the "Gremlin Special", of injuries she received in that plane crash, which was on a site seeing flight in New Guinea during WW II. Served in the U.S. Army (WAC), World War II. She was a SSgt and was from Shippenville, PA.
She was an only child and she was single. She was 31 years old at the time of the crash.
She had worked as a typist for the Pennsylvania Labor Dept before enlisting in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) in 1942.
Her body was recovered 14 years after the crash and was buried May 13 1959.