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2Lt. Gaston Rene Boire

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2Lt. Gaston Rene Boire Veteran

Birth
Canada
Death
5 Sep 1942 (aged 24–25)
Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA
Burial
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.4901291, Longitude: -71.1612365
Memorial ID
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Gaston served as a Second Lieutenant on B-26B #41-17628, MacDill Field, Florida, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

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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Gaston served as a Second Lieutenant on B-26B #41-17628, MacDill Field, Florida, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

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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Inscription

New Hampshire - 2 Lieut. Air Corps



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