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2LT Joseph F Zacharias

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2LT Joseph F Zacharias

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Mar 1944 (aged 22–23)
Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7309956, Longitude: -87.7112201
Plot
Section F, Lot 556, Grave N 1/2
Memorial ID
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Note: Birth year is estimate.

Second Lieutenant Zacharias served with
the 477th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Group
from Barksdale Field, Louisiana.

He was one of twelve airmen killed when
B-26C Marauder #41-35169 collided mid-air
with another B-26, which was piloted by
2nd Lt Donald A Landis and
crashed about eleven miles north of the
airfield near Bossier City, Lousiana.

Son of Jean Zacharias and husband of Lillianne
Zacharias.

The airmen lost aboard Zacharias's plane:

Thomas W Wilson
Dan J Strain
Jerry N Troy, Jr
Leo Levi
Emery G Reed

Burial location provided courtesy of
Mary Arvidson (#47955316)


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Note: Birth year is estimate.

Second Lieutenant Zacharias served with
the 477th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Group
from Barksdale Field, Louisiana.

He was one of twelve airmen killed when
B-26C Marauder #41-35169 collided mid-air
with another B-26, which was piloted by
2nd Lt Donald A Landis and
crashed about eleven miles north of the
airfield near Bossier City, Lousiana.

Son of Jean Zacharias and husband of Lillianne
Zacharias.

The airmen lost aboard Zacharias's plane:

Thomas W Wilson
Dan J Strain
Jerry N Troy, Jr
Leo Levi
Emery G Reed

Burial location provided courtesy of
Mary Arvidson (#47955316)


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Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Illinois; ____ ASN O-697466


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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126257244/joseph_f-zacharias: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Joseph F Zacharias (1921–3 Mar 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126257244, citing Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).