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Harold Wenrich LIGHT
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Photo added by Joel Frampton Gilfert | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 33504713 | ||||||
| AGE | 20 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11 June 1924 | ||||||
| ETAT | Lebanon PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents: Harold George & Esther Amanda Wenrich LIGHT Siblings: Albert George | ||||||
| RANK | Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 835th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 486th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 11 September 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Brest | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-75-BO - s/n 43-37949 H8*B "Nobody Getszit"
Macr: 8460 Mission: Brest Take off Station 174 Sudbury , Suffolk UK Crash observed by 1Lt Stuart, 2Lt Eakin and 2Lt Stroebe Collision in flight with the B-17 43-37875 Aircraft partially evacuated at 17:15 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | ||||||
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| DECORATION |
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| STORY | |||||||
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Sergeant Light, who is the 76th Lebanon County serviceman to lose his life as the result of action against the enemy during the present conflict, was inducted on March 19, 1943. He took his basic training at Camp Davis, North Carolina, and the July, 1944, was sent to England, where he was based when the fatal crash occurred. A graduate of Lebanon High School in the class of 1942, he was employed at the Lebanon Steel Foundry before his Induction. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of this city. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Albert G. Light, at home. [Lebanon Daily News, November 8, 1944] | |||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-75-BO - s/n 43-37949 H8*B
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Arthur A | EACHEN | Pilot | Dead | Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem. St-Louis, MISSOURI | O-819775 - born in 1920 - PH - son of Mr Thiel H Eachen, Bruce, SOUTH DAKOTA |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Edgar E Jr | BERRY | CoPilot | Dead | Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem. St-Louis, MISSOURI | O-714619 - PH - son of Mr Edgar E Berry Sr, Little Rock, ARKANSAS - Déclaré décédé le 11/09/1944 (www.findagrave.com) |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Victor H. DURLEY | Navigator | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | O-723323 - PH - son of Mr Lyle H Durley, Ventura, CALIFORNIA |
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Robert H. PETRY | Bomber | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | O-708098 - PH - son of Mr Henry J petry, WISCONSIN |
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| S/Sergeant | Francis C. PITMAN | Mechanic | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | 39296008 - PH - born in 1912 - Epoux de Mrs Mary E Pitman, Essendide, CALIFORNIA |
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| S/Sergeant | Clayton C | REITER | Radio | Dead | Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem. St-Louis, MISSOURI | 35553778 - PH - born in 1912 - Epoux de Mrs Kathryn S Reiter, Fremont, OHIO |
| Sergeant | James E | JENT | Gunner | Recovered | 37540293 - Fils de Mrs Rosalie Jent, Hewins, KANSAS | |
| Sergeant | Edward M | LONG | Gunner | Dead | Inconnu | 15108014 - PH - Fils de Mrs Elisabeth, Indianapolis, INDIANA |
| Sergeant | Harold W. LIGHT | Gunner | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | 33504713 - PH - 20 ans - born the 11/06/1924 - son of Mrs Esther A Light, Lebanon, PENNSYLVANIA - Déclaré décédé le 11/09/1944 (www.findagrave.com) | |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Facebook.com - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Clive TIRLEMONT |
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| PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |