Joseph E. Paul
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 13006214
6th Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 26-Nov-42
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart – Remains recovered
He was a member of a multinational flight crew whose remains were discovered in New Guinea in 1989. Since his remains, and those of the Royal Australian Pilot Flight Officer Francis D. Milne, were individually unidentifiable, they were buried together in the same casket in grave 4754, Section 34, Arlington National Cemetery, on 16 November 1989.
JOSEPH E. PAUL
TSGT, USAAF
WORLD WAR II
26 NOVEMBER 1942
BURIED AT: Section 34 Site 4754
FRANCIS D. MILNE
PILOT FLIGHT OFFICER
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
26 NOVEMBER 1942
BURIED AT: Section 34 Site 4754
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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