He resided in Coos County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 17, 1941 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Gaston died in the "Line Of Duty" while training when his B-26 crashed for an unknown reason near Fort Myers, Florida during the war.
Service # O-791666
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Airmen who perished on B-26B #41-17628:
Boire, Gaston R ~ 2nd Lt, NH
Dubois, John J ~ Cpl, KS
La Fleur, Paul L ~ Cpl, MA
McBride, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, PA
Schmidt, Arthur W, Jr ~ 1st Lt, OH
Trochesser, James V ~ S/Sgt, LA
(James' name cannot be found in any military records except for the assignment to this plane. There are no "Trochesser's" found on Find A Grave.)
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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He resided in Coos County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 17, 1941 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Gaston died in the "Line Of Duty" while training when his B-26 crashed for an unknown reason near Fort Myers, Florida during the war.
Service # O-791666
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Airmen who perished on B-26B #41-17628:
Boire, Gaston R ~ 2nd Lt, NH
Dubois, John J ~ Cpl, KS
La Fleur, Paul L ~ Cpl, MA
McBride, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, PA
Schmidt, Arthur W, Jr ~ 1st Lt, OH
Trochesser, James V ~ S/Sgt, LA
(James' name cannot be found in any military records except for the assignment to this plane. There are no "Trochesser's" found on Find A Grave.)
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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