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SGT Adrien D Cambron

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SGT Adrien D Cambron Veteran

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
3 Nov 1945 (aged 23–24)
Bhutan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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SECTION 78 SITE 1034B-C
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Adrien was a passenger on flight C-54G (#45-528).


He resided in Kentucky prior to the war.


He enlisted in the Army on November 12, 1942 in Evansville, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a appraiser and also as Married.


Adrien died in the "Line Of Duty" when he was flying home from the war when the C-54G which he was on struck a mountain near Chhukka, Bhutan due to pilot error, killing all 44 on board.


Service ID: 35717155.

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Those interred in this plot include (30):


Benjamin, Harold F., Sgt, New York

Beyer, Herman E., S/Sgt, California

Burkhardt, Charles H., Sgt, New York

Cambron, Adrien D., Sgt, Kentucky

Doolan, Samuel H., Jr., Pfc, Florida

Fisk, Francis P., FO, Oregon

France, Richard K., Sgt, D.C.

Frank, Warren L., Sgt, Pennsylvania

Fulton, Charles M., FO, Wyoming

Grainger, Frederick C., FO, Michigan

Gunn, Spencer R., S/Sgt, Virginia

Hassell, George L., Pfc, Virginia

Howell, Hilary E., Sgt, Tennessee

Huff, James F., Sgt, Indiana

Kramer, Nathan, Corp, Pennsylvania

Luca, Ralph J., T/Sgt, New York

Mallard, Roger C., Sgt, Texas

Marshall, Theodore A., 2nd Lt, Pennsylvania

McGee, James E., S/Sgt, Massachusetts

McHenry, Beverly A., Cadet, Wisconsin

Miller, William F., Sgt, Kansas

Moser, Frank L., Sgt, Montana

O'Callaghan, Daniel F., S/Sgt, Massachusetts

Osborne, Robert E., Pfc, Maine

Ratliff, Euel I., FO, Oklahoma

Ross, Chester E., Corp, Arkansas

Roth, Warren A., Capt, Pilot, Minnesota

Selanders, Paul D., S/Sgt, Ohio

Setzer, Thomas C., Sgt, California

Smith, Robert L., Sgt, Texas

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The others killed on this flight include (14):


Bell, James R., Corp, California

Diamont, Adam T., Sgt, Massachusetts

Fischer, William J., Corp, Illinois

Goodrich, Philo A., FO, Wyoming

Harrigan, Robert G., S/Sgt, Connecticut

Hulslander, Howard F., Jr., FO, Co-Pilot, New York

Jenkins, Joseph A., Jr., Sgt, Mississippi

Jones, Harry E., FO, Arizona

Kui, Kee N., Pfc, New York

Lee, Iradell, Corp, North Carolina

O'Hara, William T., Jr., Sgt, Pennsylvania

Occhialini, William B., Sgt, Massachusetts

Owens, John S., Jr., FO, Kentucky

Peloquin, Joseph N., Pvt, Rhode Island


(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)

Adrien was a passenger on flight C-54G (#45-528).


He resided in Kentucky prior to the war.


He enlisted in the Army on November 12, 1942 in Evansville, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a appraiser and also as Married.


Adrien died in the "Line Of Duty" when he was flying home from the war when the C-54G which he was on struck a mountain near Chhukka, Bhutan due to pilot error, killing all 44 on board.


Service ID: 35717155.

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Those interred in this plot include (30):


Benjamin, Harold F., Sgt, New York

Beyer, Herman E., S/Sgt, California

Burkhardt, Charles H., Sgt, New York

Cambron, Adrien D., Sgt, Kentucky

Doolan, Samuel H., Jr., Pfc, Florida

Fisk, Francis P., FO, Oregon

France, Richard K., Sgt, D.C.

Frank, Warren L., Sgt, Pennsylvania

Fulton, Charles M., FO, Wyoming

Grainger, Frederick C., FO, Michigan

Gunn, Spencer R., S/Sgt, Virginia

Hassell, George L., Pfc, Virginia

Howell, Hilary E., Sgt, Tennessee

Huff, James F., Sgt, Indiana

Kramer, Nathan, Corp, Pennsylvania

Luca, Ralph J., T/Sgt, New York

Mallard, Roger C., Sgt, Texas

Marshall, Theodore A., 2nd Lt, Pennsylvania

McGee, James E., S/Sgt, Massachusetts

McHenry, Beverly A., Cadet, Wisconsin

Miller, William F., Sgt, Kansas

Moser, Frank L., Sgt, Montana

O'Callaghan, Daniel F., S/Sgt, Massachusetts

Osborne, Robert E., Pfc, Maine

Ratliff, Euel I., FO, Oklahoma

Ross, Chester E., Corp, Arkansas

Roth, Warren A., Capt, Pilot, Minnesota

Selanders, Paul D., S/Sgt, Ohio

Setzer, Thomas C., Sgt, California

Smith, Robert L., Sgt, Texas

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The others killed on this flight include (14):


Bell, James R., Corp, California

Diamont, Adam T., Sgt, Massachusetts

Fischer, William J., Corp, Illinois

Goodrich, Philo A., FO, Wyoming

Harrigan, Robert G., S/Sgt, Connecticut

Hulslander, Howard F., Jr., FO, Co-Pilot, New York

Jenkins, Joseph A., Jr., Sgt, Mississippi

Jones, Harry E., FO, Arizona

Kui, Kee N., Pfc, New York

Lee, Iradell, Corp, North Carolina

O'Hara, William T., Jr., Sgt, Pennsylvania

Occhialini, William B., Sgt, Massachusetts

Owens, John S., Jr., FO, Kentucky

Peloquin, Joseph N., Pvt, Rhode Island


(Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett)


Inscription

SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on February 3, 1950 with 29 others also killed on this flight.



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44742835/adrien_d-cambron: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Adrien D Cambron (1921–3 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44742835, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).