The Group Burials

GROUP BURIALS

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Some of the below information and photos have been provided by and used with permission of Randy Watkins

Author of

You Are Not Forgotten

a book detailing group burial sites in National Cemeteries

Randy's details of each crew can be found by clicking on the link next to the PDF icon

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updated 24 September 2012

Merrill Crew	Abar Crew	McDonell Crew	Anderson Crew

McSpadden Crew

Hahn Crew

Merrill Crew A-22 42-24774 3 July 1945 KIA Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lt Col John H Griffith Maj Keith N Merrill 1st Lt Walter H Fike, Jr 1st Lt Buford P Johnson 1st Lt Joseph V La Moglia 1st Lt Patrick B Quinn 1st Lt William D Wilson TSgt Edward F Gawron TSgt Kurt J Hermann SSgt Harry R Hill SSgt James E Keenan SSgt John L Powell Sgt John T Jenkins Merrill Crew	Abar Crew A-24 42-24604 14 Apr 1945 KIA Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Capt Everett P Abar 1st Lt Earl J Callender 1st Lt Richard A Ewing 1st Lt Roy E Meeker TSgt Connie N Samela SSgt Harold M Bossley Sgt Conrad J Saucier National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Capt Irvin L Smith Private Burial Sites SSgt Robert F Monroe Greenwood Cemetery Frackville PA SSgt George T Quattlander New York SSgt Charles W Boal, Jr Beal Cemetery Wharton Township PA Abar Crew	McDonell Crew A-22 42-24616 27 Jan 1945 KIA Buried Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Capt Walter S McDonell 1st Lt William Pleus 1st Lt David C Williams 2nd Lt Graydon V Hardy 2nd Lt Joseph Bena SSgt John J Connell SSgt Cecil V Hassell Sgt James F Campbell Sgt Albert W Preisser POW - RTD Omori POW Camp SSgt Vere D Carpenter Sgt Olinto F Lodovici McDonell Crew
Anderson Crew A-51 42-65231 18 Apr 1945 KIA Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery 1st Lt Robert J Anderson 1st Lt Donald A Christensen 1st Lt Maurice E Kennedy TSgt Leroy E Franson SSgt Alexander Sodomora Sgt William Kopenitsi National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 1st Lt Robert McCausland Sgt Pasquale T Aina SSgt Raymond A Hawkins Private Burial Sites 1st Lt Robert E Adams Decatur City Cemetery Decatur GA Sgt Raymond L Smith Hillside Cemetery Marble Rock IA Anderson Crew	McSpadden Crew A-56 44-69899 5 May 1945 KIA Buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery 2nd Lt Wilson K King F/O Jack R Hesser 2nd Lt Thomas J Croake SSgt Joseph F Kisti SSgt John A Meier Sgt Howard R Johnson Private Burial Site TSgt Louis J Hauser Woodland Cemetery Dayton OH POW - KIA Buried National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific SSgt Erle P Flanagan Executed 20 July 45 Private Burial Sites 1st Lt Joe S McSpadden Executed 15 Aug 45 Greenleaf Cemetery Brownwood TX 2nd Lt Harry J Foley Executed 20 July 1945 Mt Olive Cemetery Troy KS SSgt Logan M Sparks Executed 20 July 45 Maplewood Annex B Cemetery Durham NC McSpadden Crew	Hahn Crew A-28 42-63423 27 Jan 1945 KIA Buried Zachary Taylor National Cemetery SSgt William J Kennedy, Jr SSgt Lowell E Lovvorn SSgt William Overmire, Jr Sgt Joseph F Barr Sgt Chester C Cyran Buried Arlington National Cemetery 1st Lt Robert C Frazier National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific 1st Lt Harry Lowe, Jr POW - KIA 25-26 May ABMC Honolulu Capt Elmer G Hahn 1st Lt Eugene J Redinger 1st Lt Herbert Edman POW - DOI Clifford A Myhra Riverside Cemetery Fargo ND Died 10 Feb 45 Hahn Crew