This memorial is in honor of Paul Headley Coburn, Jr.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Paul H Coburn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service Number: 39226239
The following details of the air disaster that claimed Paul Coburn's life were provided by Find a Grave volunteer Tim Cook:
Technical Sergeant Coburn was a radar operator aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-30-BW Superfortress #42-24504 "Gunga Din." The bomber crashed approximately one minute after take off from Cheng-tu, China. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight. With the 468th Bomb Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron.
He died fighting for his country and against the spread of Nazism. MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Paul H Coburn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service Number: 39226239
The following details of the air disaster that claimed Paul Coburn's life were provided by Find a Grave volunteer Tim Cook:
Technical Sergeant Coburn was a radar operator aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-30-BW Superfortress #42-24504 "Gunga Din." The bomber crashed approximately one minute after take off from Cheng-tu, China. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight. With the 468th Bomb Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron.
He died fighting for his country and against the spread of Nazism. MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
This memorial is in honor of Paul Headley Coburn, Jr.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Paul H Coburn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service Number: 39226239
The following details of the air disaster that claimed Paul Coburn's life were provided by Find a Grave volunteer Tim Cook:
Technical Sergeant Coburn was a radar operator aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-30-BW Superfortress #42-24504 "Gunga Din." The bomber crashed approximately one minute after take off from Cheng-tu, China. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight. With the 468th Bomb Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron.
He died fighting for his country and against the spread of Nazism. MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Paul H Coburn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service Number: 39226239
The following details of the air disaster that claimed Paul Coburn's life were provided by Find a Grave volunteer Tim Cook:
Technical Sergeant Coburn was a radar operator aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-30-BW Superfortress #42-24504 "Gunga Din." The bomber crashed approximately one minute after take off from Cheng-tu, China. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight. With the 468th Bomb Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron.
He died fighting for his country and against the spread of Nazism. MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
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