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SSGT Charlie Layfette Landrum Jr.

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SSGT Charlie Layfette Landrum Jr. Veteran

Birth
Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Death
23 Mar 1944 (aged 28)
Papua New Guinea
Burial
Odem, San Patricio County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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He was a bomber aerial photographer during WWII. He died over Nadzab, New Guinea. (courtesy Kenneth Sheats)
He was a bomber aerial photographer during WWII. He died over Nadzab, New Guinea. (courtesy Kenneth Sheats)

Gravesite Details

The crew was killed when their plane crashed into a mountain about 17 mi. from their base at Nadzab New Guinea. They were flying a weather recco to Wewak prior to a bombing mission.



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