Marchione, Anthony James, Sgt

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 940-Aerial Photographer

Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1945-1945, AAF MOS 940, 312th Bombardment Group, Light

Service Years
1943 - 1945

Other Languages

Italian

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Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1925

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Casualty Info

Home Town Pottstown, PA	Last Address Yontan Airfield, Okinawa

Casualty Date Aug 18, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Japan	Conflict WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations//Leyte Campaign (1944-45)
Location of Interment Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery - Pottstown, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lot 68, Grave 3

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	1945, World War II Fallen

1944-1945, AAF MOS 940, 20th Reconnaissance Squadron

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year August / 1945
Unit 20th Reconnaissance Squadron Unit Page
Rank Sergeant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 940-Aerial Photographer
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Okinawa

Patch	20th Reconnaissance Squadron Details
	Mission/Operation Between May 1965-Jan 1973, flew combat missions in the Vietnamese theater; Forward Air Controller (FAC) pilots flew interdiction missions; supported US and Vietnamese Army units. Provided forward tactical air control for US Army, Europe, and Seventh Army operations, 1973-1984. Trained for tactical air control missions, 1990-1991. After activation in Jan 2011, provided persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and full motion video for real-time actionable intelligence and precision weapons employment in combat operations, using unmanned aircraft.
	Type Reconnaissance
	Parent Unit Reconnaissance Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By 645 Withers, Douglas (Doug), TSgt 50

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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