Maestas Carlos F.

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Carlos F. Maestas is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Lisnabreeny American Cemetery Memorial-WW2

Name:

Carlos F. Maestas

Rank:

Sergeant

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Unit:

272nd Base Unit

Date of Death:

1944-06-19

State:

Colorado

Cemetery:

Chicago Cemetery, Saguache, Colorado

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Carlos F. Maestas was born on August 21, 1924. He served in the 272nd AAF Base Unit as a Sergeant and Armorer-Gunner on a B24 aircraft during World War II. He was killed in a crash landing on a ferry flight to Nutts Corner, Ireland on June 19, 1944, at the age of 19. SGT Maestas was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. He is buried now in the Chicago Cemetery, Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, USA.