Carey Fred Moody

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

Fred Moody Carey

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

11th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium

Date of Death:

1945-06-20

State:

Connecticut

Cemetery:

Long Island National Cemetery, New York

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

14159

Decoration:

Comments:

Fred Moody Carey, aged 24, was born on August 7, 1920. He resided in Hartford County, Connecticut prior to the war. Fred served as a First Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on a B-25J #43-27807, 11th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

On 20 June 1945, Lt James C. Carey was piloting 11th Bomb Squadron B-25J #43-27807 on a mission to attack and destroy multiple bridges in IndoChina (Vietnam). Lt Fred M. Carey was his Co-Pilot, and his brother. In the course of performing a low-level bomb run, the aircraft appeared to go out of control and crash near the target, a railroad bridge at Quang Tri, IndoChina. Fred was originally interred in the Schofield Mausoleum #2, Honolulu, Hawaii and was later repatriated in Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York on July 12. 1949 in a common grave with his crew.

Fred was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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