Name:
Daniel Stuart Longfellow
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-795786,
Unit:
24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photographic Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-11
State:
Maine
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cem., Missouri
Plot:
Section 82
Row:
Grave:
114B-D
Decoration:
Comments:
Daniel S. Longfellow resided in Washington County, Maine prior to the war. He served as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on the F-7A (#42-64189), 24th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Daniel was "Killed In Action" when the F-7A he was on crashed, for an undetermined reason, in India during the war. He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA on March 7, 1950. Daniel was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945.
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