Sweeney, Walter Leroy, 1st Lt

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Last Rank
First Lieutenant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1943-1944, 35th Fighter Group
Service Years
1940 - 1944
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Home State
California
California
Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Sacramento, California
Last Address
Morotai, Maluku/Molucca Islands
Casualty Date
Nov 26, 1944
 
Cause
Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Indonesia
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
East Lawn Memorial Park - Sacramento, California

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WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Bismarck Archipelago Campaign (1943-44)
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December / 1943
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November / 1944

Description
(Bismarck Archipelago Campaign 15 December 1943 to 27 November 1944) To isolate and neutralize Rabaul on New Britain and the Japanese base at Kavieng on New Ireland, American forces landed at Arawe and Cape Gloucester in December 1943, on Green and Los Negros Islands in February 1944, and at Talasea on New Britain and on Manus Island in March. Some other enemy forces in the Bismarck Archipelago were bypassed.
 
   
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December / 1943
To Month/Year
November / 1944
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
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