Staff Sergeant, 93rd Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, World War II.
Killed In Action during Operation Overlord during the invasion of Normandy, France, when C-47A Skytrain #42-100876 was shot down by German forces.
Apparently, the 19 paratroopers aboard made their jump before the transport was hit and crashed, killing the flight crew:
1LT Marvin F Muir, O-541641, IN
2LT Kenneth C Bell, O-705291, IN
2LT John A Mariasy, O-697894, OH
SSGT Clifford L. Burgess , 14140642, GA
SGT Philip Snyder, 13081009, PA
View Cenotaph HERE.
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Enlisted at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 1942.
Killed In Action during Operation Overlord during the invasion of Normandy, France, when C-47A Skytrain #42-100876 was shot down by German forces.
Apparently, the 19 paratroopers aboard made their jump before the transport was hit and crashed, killing the flight crew:
1LT Marvin F Muir, O-541641, IN
2LT Kenneth C Bell, O-705291, IN
2LT John A Mariasy, O-697894, OH
SSGT Clifford L. Burgess , 14140642, GA
SGT Philip Snyder, 13081009, PA
View Cenotaph HERE.
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Enlisted at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 1942.
Staff Sergeant, 93rd Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, World War II.
Killed In Action during Operation Overlord during the invasion of Normandy, France, when C-47A Skytrain #42-100876 was shot down by German forces.
Apparently, the 19 paratroopers aboard made their jump before the transport was hit and crashed, killing the flight crew:
1LT Marvin F Muir, O-541641, IN
2LT Kenneth C Bell, O-705291, IN
2LT John A Mariasy, O-697894, OH
SSGT Clifford L. Burgess , 14140642, GA
SGT Philip Snyder, 13081009, PA
View Cenotaph HERE.
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Enlisted at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 1942.
Killed In Action during Operation Overlord during the invasion of Normandy, France, when C-47A Skytrain #42-100876 was shot down by German forces.
Apparently, the 19 paratroopers aboard made their jump before the transport was hit and crashed, killing the flight crew:
1LT Marvin F Muir, O-541641, IN
2LT Kenneth C Bell, O-705291, IN
2LT John A Mariasy, O-697894, OH
SSGT Clifford L. Burgess , 14140642, GA
SGT Philip Snyder, 13081009, PA
View Cenotaph HERE.
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Enlisted at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 1942.
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