WORLD WAR II
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U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sergeant James Donald Carney, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Minnehaha County.
September 8, 1922 June 26, 1944
Killed in Action over Kleinzell, Austria
James Donald Carney was born September 8, 1922, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James G. and Myrtle Carney.
On September 8, 1942, James entered active service at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, and was trained in the Army Air Corps. Staff Sergeant James Carney, ball gunner on a Liberator bomber, was killed in action on June 26, 1944, at Moosebierbaum, Austria.
Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment,
a newspaper clipping, and South Dakota in WW II, pp. 619-620.
Killed In Action, downing of B-24G Liberator
#42-78167 on mission over Austria.
Six crew were killed, and four survived and
were taken prisoner.
The five other airmen KIA were:
1st Lt. Otis Stewardson, pilot
2nd Lt. George R Grissom
T/Sgt. Gennaro Amoruso
S/Sgt. James C Williams
Sgt. John F Pierce
WORLD WAR II
The following was provided by fargo:
U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sergeant James Donald Carney, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Minnehaha County.
September 8, 1922 June 26, 1944
Killed in Action over Kleinzell, Austria
James Donald Carney was born September 8, 1922, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James G. and Myrtle Carney.
On September 8, 1942, James entered active service at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, and was trained in the Army Air Corps. Staff Sergeant James Carney, ball gunner on a Liberator bomber, was killed in action on June 26, 1944, at Moosebierbaum, Austria.
Information for this entry was provided by an application for a SD veteran's bonus payment,
a newspaper clipping, and South Dakota in WW II, pp. 619-620.
Killed In Action, downing of B-24G Liberator
#42-78167 on mission over Austria.
Six crew were killed, and four survived and
were taken prisoner.
The five other airmen KIA were:
1st Lt. Otis Stewardson, pilot
2nd Lt. George R Grissom
T/Sgt. Gennaro Amoruso
S/Sgt. James C Williams
Sgt. John F Pierce
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