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Bretag Ernest Lloyd

Name:
Ernest Lloyd Bretag
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1945-03-10
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section Q
Row:
Grave:
Site 620
Decoration:
Comments:

Ernest Lloyd Bretag was born on January 2, 1921, in Wisconsin. He was the son of William Jennings Bretag and Eva R. Ross Bretag.

He served in the 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and a left gunner on B-29 Superfortress #44-69747 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 10, 1945, when the aircraft made a navigational error and crashed into Mt. Fubo.