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Veasey, Robert J.
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Drums of Memory: The Autobiography of Sir Stephen Hastings MC
By Stephens Hastings
Gubbins SOE
By Peter Wilkinson, Joan Bright Astley
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 22405" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Veasey </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert J. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corporal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12187655 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20th September 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Plot B Row 11 Grave 30 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Queens County,New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1923 New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 21.11.1942 New York,New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>USAAC</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>305 Bomber Group (364 Bomber Squadron)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parachute rigger</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>while on 14 days leave visited his friend Merle Beach of Company G,508 PIR and jumped into Holland with them (declared AWOL)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>headstone shows wrong date of death as 17.9.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Thorensche Molen,Holland </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-veasey.10668/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10668-83fa4b30ca0a4060329a1e714941aacf.jpg?1591389888" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 22405, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Veasey [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Robert J. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Corporal [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]12187655 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]20th September 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]21 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Plot B Row 11 Grave 30 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Queens County,New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 1923 New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service 21.11.1942 New York,New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]USAAC[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]305 Bomber Group (364 Bomber Squadron)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]parachute rigger[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]while on 14 days leave visited his friend Merle Beach of Company G,508 PIR and jumped into Holland with them (declared AWOL)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]headstone shows wrong date of death as 17.9.1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Thorensche Molen,Holland [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-veasey.10668/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10668-83fa4b30ca0a4060329a1e714941aacf.jpg?1591389888[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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