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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 8396
War: WWII
Name: Richard G Tennant
Sex: M
Race:
County: Marion
Community: Teverbaugh
Branch of Service: AAC
Rank: M/Sgt
Service Number: 15012411
Date of Death: 1945/12/17
Place of Death:
Cause of Death: FOD
Place of Burial: Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery
Unit: 63 Bmb Sq 43 Bmb. Gp
Date of Birth: 1918/10/03
Place of Birth: Farmington, Marion County

Father:

 L. B. Tennant
Mother: Pearl Tennant
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Date Added to Memorial:  Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application Form; Fairmont Times 1942/09/24, 1942/09/25, 1942/09/28, 1943/04/16, 1945/12/28, 1946/01/05
Notes: Distinguished Flying Cross , Air Medal and a Purple Heart. Had been previously shot down in 1942 and wounded in 1943. Missing since May 8, 1943 when B-17 failed to return from bombing mission over New Guinea
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