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Joseph L. Slattery

NAME
Joseph Lewis Slattery
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
299777
UNIT
VMSB-142
Pilot
HOME OF RECORD
503 Kennesaw Avenue, Marietta, GA
raised Tampa, FL
NEXT OF KIN
Wife, Mrs. Evelyn Slattery
DATE OF BIRTH
February 20, 1917
ENTERED SERVICE
October 17, 1940
prior service in US Army Artillery
DATE OF LOSS
March 2, 1943
REGION
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Espiritu Santo
believed, exact location not known
CASUALTY TYPE
Non-Battle Death
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Staff Sergeant Joseph Slattery was a dive bomber pilot assigned to VMSB-142. His squadron was stationed in the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands during late 1942 and early 1943.

Slattery was lost in an aviation incident on 2 March 1943, the details of which are not currently known. He was carried on his squadron’s rolls as missing until May 1943, at which time he was declared dead.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
LAST KNOWN RANK
Staff Sergeant
STATUS OF REMAINS
Missing in action
MEMORIALS
Honolulu Memorial

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