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SSGT Vincent S Sweet

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SSGT Vincent S Sweet Veteran

Birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA
Death
7 Jan 1944 (aged 26)
Unverre, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot B Row 19 Grave 39
Memorial ID
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Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-40990 'On the Ball. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters on return from Ludwigshaven, GR setting No 2 and No 3 engines and the bomb bay on fire. The a/c exploded and crashed near Chateaudun, FR.
Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-24H #42-40990 'On the Ball. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Attacked by fighters on return from Ludwigshaven, GR setting No 2 and No 3 engines and the bomb bay on fire. The a/c exploded and crashed near Chateaudun, FR.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New York.


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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56650579/vincent_s-sweet: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Vincent S Sweet (28 Dec 1917–7 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56650579, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).