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SSGT Elwood E Tompkins Veteran

Birth: 1919
Death: 16 Dec 1944 (aged 24–25)
Mississippi, USA
Burial: Mount View Cemetery

Pekin, Niagara County, New York, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 43.1699753, Longitude: -78.877625
Memorial ID: 140456808 View Source

STAFF SERGEANT, 11 TAC. RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, 74 TACTICAL. RECON. GROUP, ALEXANDRIA ARMY AIRFIELD, LOUISIANA

Killed in service, when a mechanical failure caused a crash of F-10/B-25D Mitchell #41-29885, twelve miles west of Starksville, Mississippi.

1st Lt Melvin L Vanciel and 2nd Lt Edward B Herring also perished in the accident.
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Entered the service from New York; Niagara County; ASN 12043887

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