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NAME Joseph Lewis Slattery |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 299777 |
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| UNIT VMSB-142 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 503 Kennesaw Avenue, Marietta, GA raised Tampa, FL |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Evelyn Slattery |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1917 |
ENTERED SERVICE October 17, 1940 prior service in US Army Artillery |
DATE OF LOSS March 2, 1943 |
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| REGION Vanuatu (New Hebrides) |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Espiritu Santo believed, exact location not known |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-Battle Death |
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| 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. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS — |
LAST KNOWN RANK Staff Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing in action |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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