AIR COMMANDO Yackie, Julius Fidel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Yackie ​

• FORENAME

Julius Fidel​

• UNIT

1 AC Force ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

17072536 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th August 1944 ​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery,Philippines Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from St Joseph,Buchanan County,Missouri​

born 8.6.1919 St Joseph,Missouri​

son of Theodore Fidel and Rosa Lena (nee Armstrong) Yackie​

glider crashed 6.3.1944 Chindwin River area,Burma (POW) (1st Lt C.B. Liston,pilot)​

died Rangoon Central Jail,Burma ​

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Julius' remains were recovered in 1946 from a burial at the Rangoon POW camp.​

His remains, along with others, were being transported from Rangoon to Calcutta, India by C-47 #43-48308. However this C-47 crashed on this trip on May 17, 1946. His remains were not recovered from this crash.​

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