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Kwiatkowski Leonard

Name:
Leonard Kwiatkowski
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1944-07-30
State:
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 81
Row:
Grave:
282-283
Decoration:
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Leonard Kwiatkowski served in the US Air Corps as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier of an aircraft during World War II. He was killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-1-BW Superfortress #42-6240 crashed from unknown causes, 25 miles southeast of Likiang, China. Seven other airmen also perished. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA in a common grave with his crew.

Leonard 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.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com