Name:
Elia Chiafala
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1943-12-10
State:
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 82
Row:
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Comments:
Elia Chiafala was born in 1921. He served in the US Air Corps as a Private during World War II. He died on December 10, 1943 while flying a mission when his plane was shot down over Kajitu, Burma. Seven other men perished. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.
Elia 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 but his surname is inscribed as Elia Chiaeaia.