Name:
John L. Weinberg
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
20217928
Unit:
India-China Wing, Air Transport Command
Date of Death:
1944-02-20
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
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Comments:
John L. Weinberg entered the military service in Michigan. He served in the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command as a Staff Sergeant and an Engineer of an aircraft during World War II. He went missing on February 20, 1944 and was officially declared dead on May 5, 1945. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Ssgt Weinberg 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.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov