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SSGT James Henry Lentz

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SSGT James Henry Lentz Veteran

Birth
Hardin, Ray County, Missouri, USA
Death
16 Feb 1943 (aged 27)
At Sea
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #37144914
Entered the Service from: Kansas
360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Official Declaration of Death: February 16, 1944
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

James H. Lentz is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cherokee County, Kansas.

Crew-member on B-17F-1-DL Flying Fortress #42-2967 "Shak Hak". Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Brest Peninsula. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15116.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #37144914
Entered the Service from: Kansas
360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Official Declaration of Death: February 16, 1944
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

James H. Lentz is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cherokee County, Kansas.

Crew-member on B-17F-1-DL Flying Fortress #42-2967 "Shak Hak". Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Brest Peninsula. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15116.

Inscription

SSGT 360 BOMB SQ 303 BOMB GP (H) KANSAS


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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350498/james_henry-lentz: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT James Henry Lentz (4 Aug 1915–16 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350498, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).