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Sgt Joe Thurman Barron

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Sgt Joe Thurman Barron

Birth
Edom, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Death
10 Sep 1943 (aged 19)
At Sea
Burial
Chandler, Henderson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Sergeant Barron perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-4621 collided in mid air with B-17F #42-6031 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles South-East of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana. Twenty-one other Army service members were also killed.


Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:

Capt. Henry A Lewis

1Lt. Robert H Smith

2Lt. Paul Bradnan

2Lt. George J Long

2Lt. Alva W Redding

2Lt. Oscar L Koegel

2Lt. Oscar A. Bennett

2Lt. James J Palack

2Lt. Stevenson A Williams

SSgt. John E Linam

Sgt. John F Arrillaga

Sgt. Joe T Barron

Sgt. Howard J Code

Sgt. William B Culp

Sgt. John T Loften

Sgt. Jack L Stewart

Sgt. William P Pine

Sgt. Reinhold Kubarth

Sgt. William W Volkmer

Sgt. Richard E Royer

Sgt. Billie J Smith

Sgt. Charles L Findley


Bio provided by Tim Cook.

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Suggested edit: Service No. 18098613

Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • [email protected]


Parental links provided by Emma Morgan.


Birth-death location, middle name provided by James Durham # 46994633.

Sergeant Barron perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-4621 collided in mid air with B-17F #42-6031 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles South-East of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana. Twenty-one other Army service members were also killed.


Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:

Capt. Henry A Lewis

1Lt. Robert H Smith

2Lt. Paul Bradnan

2Lt. George J Long

2Lt. Alva W Redding

2Lt. Oscar L Koegel

2Lt. Oscar A. Bennett

2Lt. James J Palack

2Lt. Stevenson A Williams

SSgt. John E Linam

Sgt. John F Arrillaga

Sgt. Joe T Barron

Sgt. Howard J Code

Sgt. William B Culp

Sgt. John T Loften

Sgt. Jack L Stewart

Sgt. William P Pine

Sgt. Reinhold Kubarth

Sgt. William W Volkmer

Sgt. Richard E Royer

Sgt. Billie J Smith

Sgt. Charles L Findley


Bio provided by Tim Cook.

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Suggested edit: Service No. 18098613

Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • [email protected]


Parental links provided by Emma Morgan.


Birth-death location, middle name provided by James Durham # 46994633.

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Parental links provided by Emma Morgan.

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