Joseph P. Quattrocchi was born in 1921 in Ohio. He resided in Cuyahoga County, Ohio prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on May 11, 1942 at Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a construction machinery operator and also as Single, without dependents. Joseph served as a Staff Sergeant and Engineer on C-87 #43-30556, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

C-87 #43-30556 took off, with a crew of 4, on a cargo mission from Tezpur, India to Kunming, China. After takeoff this C-87 was not heard from nor seen again. They apparently crashed somewhere between Tezpur, India and Kunming, China. The entire crew was lost. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

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

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