2LT Joseph F Arone (1921-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

2LT Joseph F Arone

Birth

2 May 1921

Massachusetts, USA

Death

1 Jul 1945 (aged 24)

Marshall County, Kentucky, USA

Burial

Soldier Creek's B-29 Super Fortress Crash Memorial

Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky, USA Show Map

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This is a remembrance memorial placed near the crash site.
Erected by Marshall County Fiscal Court on September 7, 2008.

Please see Find A Grave Memorial# 93921956 for more information and his actual burial at:

Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA

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On July 1, 1945. A B-29 Superfortress crashed near Soldier Creek Church. Nine men aboard the B-29 lost their lives and one survived after being thrown from the aircraft and parachuting to safety. This monument shall remain in remembrance of their sacrifice and of those who have served and continue to serve on foreign and domestic soils as ambassadors for our freedom and democracy.

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Erected by Marshall County Fiscal Court on September 7, 2008.

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2LT Joseph F Arone

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Louis Arone

Anna Luca Arone

Eleanor Arone Occhialini