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1st Lt Ward A. Kuentzel

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Details:

On the roadside of the D806 in town.

Monument
A weather-beaten boulder flanked by two flagpoles bearing a grey plaque inscribed with a commemorating to Lt Kuentzel.

Monument Text:

1ST LIEUTENANT

WARD A. KUENTZEL

PILOTE USAAF

 

G 479

SQ 434

O-730534

 

 

MORT POUR NOTRE LIBERTE

LE 19 JUIN 1944

 

AUX COMMANDES DE SON P-38 LIGHTNING

 

 

English translation:

 

1ST LIEUTENANT

WARD A. KUENTZEL

USAAF PILOT

 

G 479

SQ 434

O-730534

 

 

DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM

ON JUNE 19, 1944

 

AT THE CONTROLS OF HIS P-38 LIGHTNING

 

Commemorates:

People:

Ward Albert Kuentzel

Units:

434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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