C-47A Skytrain #42-100696, assigned to the 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed Dinjan, India, on a food packet drop mission to Burma. It was last contacted at 11:37 hours by radio. It was shot down by Japanese fighters near Sumprabum, Burma. All aboard were killed in action.
SURNAME
Meehan
FORENAME
Arthur Jack
UNIT
U.S. Navy OSS Detachment 101
RANK
Specialist First Class
NUMBER
06330669
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois Section E Site 407
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from Van Nuys...
SURNAME
Krautwald
FORENAME
William Frederick ("Bill")
UNIT
U.S.Army OSS Detachment 101
RANK
Technical Sergeant
NUMBER
36050760
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
26
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Section 12 Site 286
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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