Cagney Joseph T.

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Joseph T. Cagney is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Airfield (A-10) Info Sign

Name:

Joseph T. Cagney

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-702762

Unit:

10th Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-07-29

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Brittany American Cemetery, Montjoie Saint Martin, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Joseph T. Cagney was born on January 19, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of James E. and Florence B. Cagney.

Joseph served in the 10th Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot on the P-47 Thunderbolt #42-75427 during World War II.

On July 29, 1944, he took off from A-10 airfield in Carentan, France, on an armed reconnaissance mission to St-L�/St-Denis-le-Gast. Hit by flak at 12:10 PM, he crashed into Cerisy-la-Salle. 2Lt Cagney did not survive. He is now buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Montjoie Saint Martin, France.

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