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MSGT G B Thacker

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MSGT G B Thacker Veteran

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
27 Jan 1947 (aged 31)
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.9443583, Longitude: -90.4030556
Memorial ID
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Killed along with 11 other crew members when their B-29 crashed and burned in an arroyo 1/4 south of Kirtland AFB, NM.

US ARMY AIR FORCES. Married Dorothy M. Dunlap in Galesburg, Ill., on Dec. 22, 1942. Survived by wife Dorothy, and daughters Judy Ann and Nita Maurine.

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Attn. Contributor Joe Koch: Second paragraph above added by contributor Janet Dinkheller Walt, #49355779. Dorothy, a young war widow, later married my Dad's (Robert "Bob" Julius Dinkheller, of Quincy, Ill.) cousin, Herb Willer. Genealogy research done by another cousin, Rose Witte Burger. Bob and Rose are both buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
Killed along with 11 other crew members when their B-29 crashed and burned in an arroyo 1/4 south of Kirtland AFB, NM.

US ARMY AIR FORCES. Married Dorothy M. Dunlap in Galesburg, Ill., on Dec. 22, 1942. Survived by wife Dorothy, and daughters Judy Ann and Nita Maurine.

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Attn. Contributor Joe Koch: Second paragraph above added by contributor Janet Dinkheller Walt, #49355779. Dorothy, a young war widow, later married my Dad's (Robert "Bob" Julius Dinkheller, of Quincy, Ill.) cousin, Herb Willer. Genealogy research done by another cousin, Rose Witte Burger. Bob and Rose are both buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.

Inscription

TEXAS. MASTER SGT. AIR CORPSy
WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: Sidney
  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167251074/g_b-thacker: accessed ), memorial page for MSGT G B Thacker (16 Feb 1915–27 Jan 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167251074, citing Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Sidney (contributor 48067839).