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Casualty Info
Home Town Norristown
Last Address England AFB, Louisiana (home base) Da Nang AB, Vietnam (TDY base)
Casualty Date Feb 19, 1965
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Alexandria Memorial Gardens - Alexandria, Louisiana
WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Luzon Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1945
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.
