Cogozzo Alphonse Victor, Jr.

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Alphonse Victor, Jr. Cogozzo is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

C-47 (43-48611) Crash Churchyard Memorial

Name:

Alphonse Victor, Jr. Cogozzo

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

36652647

Unit:

321st Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group

Date of Death:

1945-01-18

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens, Steger, Will County, Illinois, USA

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

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Alphonse Victor Cogozzo, Jr. was born on December 20, 1923, in Steger, Will County, Illinois. He was the son of Alphonse Victor Cogozzo and Susan M. DeFrancesco Cogozzo.

Alphonse Victor, Jr. served in the 321st Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, as a Corporal and Radio Operator on the C-47 #43-48611 during World War II. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to transport passengers to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net