Barnes, William J., Jr., 1st Lt

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1092-Pilot, B-24

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1943-1944, AAF MOS 1092, 766th Bombardment Squadron

Service Years
1943 - 1944

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Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1924

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Casualty Info

Home Town Englewood, New Jersey	Last Address Torretta Airfield, Italy

Casualty Date Jul 12, 1944
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Mediterranean Sea	Conflict WWII - European Theater of Operations/Southern France Campaign (1944)
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Rhone, France	Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing

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	1944, World War II Fallen

1943-1944, AAF MOS 1092, 766th Bombardment Squadron

From Month/Year October / 1943	To Month/Year July / 1944
Unit 766th Bombardment Squadron Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1092-Pilot, B-24
Base, Station or City Wendover Field, UT; Hammer Field, CA; Torretta Airfield	State/Country Italy

Patch	766th Bombardment Squadron Details

	Type Bomber
	Parent Unit Bombardment Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

766th Bombardment Squadron

Loftus, Joseph William, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1092	Second Lieutenant
Barth, Milton, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944)	A08	AAF MOS 1034	Second Lieutenant
Childs, Homer David, CMSgt, (1942-1964)	A01	AAF MOS 612	Sergeant
Weeks, Grady Marvin, SSgt, (1942-1952)	A07	AAF MOS 748	Sergeant
Winter, Cleo, Lt Col, (1941-1973)	A23		Flight Officer
Kimble, Robert Henry, SSgt, (1941-1944)			Staff Sergeant
Bair, Albert, Sgt, (1942-1944)			Sergeant