Anthony F “Tony” Eckhart (1918-1944)

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Birth

5 Nov 1918

Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

4 May 1944 (aged 25)

Marshall Islands

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Honolulu Memorial

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Show Map

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Courts of the Missing

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Anthony Eckhart was the co-pilot of the 'Heaven Can Wait' B24-J Bomber which went missing during WWII in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific on May 4, 1944. The US Government officially declared him deceased on Feb 9, 1946
Lt Eckhart's family was awarded the Distinquished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters in 1945

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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.

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Elizabeth H. "Bette" Toner Kessel

1920–2006 (m. 1942)

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Julia Kurta Eckhart

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Julia Johanna Eckhart Adamchak

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Pauline Cecelia Eckhart Minnig

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Anthony Eckhart

Julia Kurta Eckhart

Elizabeth H. "Bette" Toner Kessel

Julia Johanna Eckhart Adamchak

Hedwig Eckhart

Pauline Cecelia Eckhart Minnig

Helen Cecelia Eckhart Demyan

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