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416th Bombardment Group (L) Sgt. Joseph E. Feistl Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 7021806 Killed In Action - Apr 23, 1944 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) Sgt. Joseph E. Feistl Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 7021806 Killed In Action - Apr 23, 1944 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 23-May-1920, Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Entered Military Service: Date: 27-Jan-1940 From: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Buried: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Plot A Row 10 Grave 42 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave (1) Find-A-Grave (2) |
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4 Local Men Reported Lost Staff Sgt. Feistl Had Been With Air Corps Since January, 1940 Four men from this area have been reported missing in action, and another is a prisoner of war, the War Department announced over the week end. Missing: Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Feistl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feistl, 29 Wst First Street, Larksville. Pvt Joseph P. Oravic, husband of Mrs. Angeline Oravick, 168 Hazle Street, city. Tech. Sgt. Vincent J. Bowen, son of Charles W. Bowen, 113 Water Steet, Fairview. Sgt. Harry E. Galagher, Jr., son of Mrs. Florence Gallagher, 201 North Grant Avenue, Scranton. Prisoner of war: Sgt. Leo Connors, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Connors, 7 Green Street, Ashley. Staff Sgt. Feistl has been missing since April 23 when he participated in a raid over France. He will be 24 years old on May 23. Sgt. Feistl attended Larksville High School and enlisted in the Air Corps on January 27, 1940. He was trainged at Fort Slocum and later was assigned to Panama for two years. On the outbreak of the war he was transferred to the Dutch West Indies, where he was awarded the Air Medal. From there he was sent to Dakar, Tunis and Algiers and in July, 1943, he flew from Dakar to Brownsville, Tex., and had his first furlough in three and one-half years. He was in this country until February when he was sent to England as a turret gunner on a Fortress. Recently he was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart. Sgt. Connnors, missing since February 25, is a prisoner of war of the German Government. He is an aerial gunnner and was listed as missing while bombing German objectives. He has been in the Army Air Corps for five years. Pvt. Oravic, Sgt. Gallagher and Tech Sgt. Bowen are missing in the European area, the War Department announced. Extracted from Newspapers.com |
See also Sgt Joseph E. Feistl Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC)
Disclaimer: IDPF files document efforts to locate, identify, move, notify relatives and provide final resting for Soldier Dead,
often months or years after death, thus some pages may contain potentially disturbing or distressing information.
If you are sensitive, please consider whether to read this or not.
Click Here for information on WWII IDPFs.
See also MACR 4095 and Mission # 26
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