SSgt Logan McGuinn Sparks
Osaka
Shinodayama Military Maneuver Area
1st Joe McSpadden Crew
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The first document is from Lt Foley's IDPF and contains a summary of
B-29 44-69899 and the status of the crew as of 11 February 1949.
Nine of the crew are accounted for in this report.

The next document is from Randy Watkins' book You Are Not Forgotten.
This page lists facts and a short narrative of what took place with the crew.

Six of the crew are in a Group Burial site at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

The remaining five crew members are listed below these men.
Four of their burial locations are listed as unknown.

The below burial sites are based on searches at Ancestry.com :

Lt Foley: Mt Olive Cemetery, Troy, New York

1st Lt McSpadden: Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Texas

SSgt Sparks : Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, North Carolina

Sgt Louis J Houser : Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio
( Application for headstone is at the bottom )

 

RESUME OF OFFICIAL RECORDS PERTAINING TO FIFTY-FIVE
AMERICAN AIRMENT EXECUTED AT OSAKA, JAPAN
11 FEBRUARY 1949

source: 2nd Lt Harry Foley IDPF

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GROUP BURIAL SITE
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI

source: Randy Watkins
You Are Not Forgotten

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GRAVE MARKER
SECTION 82 GRAVE 110
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI

source: Randy Watkins

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APPLICATION FOR HEADSTONE OR MARKER
TSGT LOUIS J HAUSER
WOODLAND CEMETERY
DAYTON OHIO

source: Ancestry.com

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