Lester A. F. Rhein, age 22, from Berks County Reading, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1945)
Camille F. Devaney, age 37, from Dubuque County Cascade, Iowa .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Cemetery: Calvary in Cascade
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Telegraph Herald (1945)
Joseph C. Robinson, age 26, from Travis County San Angelo, Texas .
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth (Chancellor)
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives, San Angelo Weekly Standard (1945)
Edwin R. Birtwell, age 25, from Middlesex County Newton Highlands, Massachusetts .
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Cemetery: Cambridge American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Boston Globe (1945)
Robert E. Smith, age 20, from Chemung County Southport, New York .
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives
Santo A. Caruso from Philadelphia County Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War II
Schools: John Bartram High graduate
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives, Philadelphia Inquirer (1945)
Teed O. Smith, age 40, from Wapello County Ottumwa, Iowa .
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives
Sheldon R. Jr. Coons, age 23, from Westchester County New York.
Parents: Sheldon R. Coons
Service era: World War II
Schools: Scarborough School graduate, University of North Carolina
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales. He was on the first lap of a furlough trip when the accident occurred.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wilkes Barre Times Leader (1945)
Morris Lizewski from Kings County Brooklyn, New York .
Service era: World War II
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: Brooklyn Eagle (1948)
Kenneth W. Craumer, age 24, from York County Hanover, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Walter J. Craumer
Service era: World War II
Schools: Hanover High (1938)
Military history: 351st 8th Air Force
Date of death: Friday, June 8, 1945
Death details: Killed when the B-17 Flying Fortress in which he was returning to the United States crashed and burned in Wales.
Source: National Archives, Evening Sun (1945)