Kirkham, Virgil Paul, 1st Lt

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1945, 362nd Fighter Group

Service Years
1943 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Oregon

Year of Birth
1924

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Casualty Info

Home Town Troutdale, OR	Last Address 59 Columbia Highway Hurlburt, Multnomah, Oregon

Casualty Date Apr 30, 1945
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Czech Republic	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Lorraine, France	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot A Row 21 Grave 18
Military Service Number O - 774 194

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2014, World War II Fallen
	2022, Stories Behind The Stars, Oregon (Oregon) - Chap. Page

1944-1945, 362nd Fighter Group

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit 362nd Fighter Group Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Illeschaim	State/Country Germany

Patch	362nd Fighter Group Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength USAF Group
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

362nd Fighter Group

Magoffin, Morton David, Col, (1937-1958)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Colonel
Laughlin, Joseph Lyle, Col, (1939-1969)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Lieutenant Colonel
England, John Brooke, Lt Col, (1942-1954)			Major
Fisher, Edwin Oratio, Capt, (1936-1947)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Rarey, George Whitson, Capt, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Curtis, Burleigh E., 1st Lt, (1941-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Hayden, John Ellerton, 1st Lt, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Mann, Charles Finley, Maj, (1942-1963)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Ligon, Vernon Payton, Col, (1942-1974)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Second Lieutenant
Marsh, Warner Harrison, 2nd Lt, (1943-1944)			Second Lieutenant
Newman, James George, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944)			Second Lieutenant
Glennan III, Michael, Sgt, (1943-1945)			Sergeant