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SGT Thomas N Braun

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SGT Thomas N Braun Veteran

Birth
Miami County, Ohio, USA
Death
3 Dec 1944 (aged 19–20)
Japan
Burial
Troy, Miami County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
SGT. THOMAS N. BRAUN
1924-1944
873 SQD. V.H. 498TH BOMB GRP.
73RD WING, 20TH A.F. U.S.A.A.F.
FIRST B-29 SQUARDON IN THE
MARIANAS ISLANDS, WORLD WAR II

ON DEC. 3, 1944, THE TARGET, 357,
NAKAJIMA MUSASHIMA ENGINE PLANT
AT TOKYO HAD BEEN BAOMBED. ONE
ENGINE WAS OUT AND AN OIL LEAK IN
ANOTHER AS A RESULT OF FIGHTER
ATTACKS. HIS PLANE CRASHED IN
THE SEA 150 MILES SOUTH OF JAPAN.
THE ENTIRE CREW WAS LOST.

AWARDED TEH AIR MEDAL AND
PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY.



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