Anthony Joseph Vietri

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32357621 / O-758272
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newport, RI 10 June 1917 Son of Isadore and Jennie Vietri.

Enlisted

Providence, RI 18 January 1941 Providence, Rhode Island

Died

Ludwigshafen, Germany 9 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot E Row 17 Grave 18

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 9 September 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
Rhode Island, USA Entered service from Rhode Island, USA

Buried

Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island Memorialised Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island