Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Timothy Nicholas Tarpey.
Unit/Placed in, 858th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group (Heavy).
Timothy was born approx. on July 16, 1919 in Passaic County, New Jersey.
Father, Timothy Tarpey.
Mother, Catherine Tarpey.
Sisters, Eileen and Catherine Tarpey.
Brothers, John and Joseph Tarpey.
Timothy entered the service from New Jersey with service number # O-696273.
Timothy N. Tarpey was a Bombardier in the 858th Bomber Squadron.
Timothy’s crewmembers onboard the B-24;
2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Herbert Pilot
2nd Lt. William L. Covington Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold M. Bachman Navigator
2nd Lt. Timothy N. Tarpey Bombardier
S/Sgt. Joe O. Powell Jr. Engineer
S/Sgt. Lawrence E. Nursall Nose Gunner
Sgt. Maraha L.W. Johnson Right Waist Gunner
Sgt. Vincent J. Kalata Left Waist Gunner
Sgt. George F. Guy Jr. Top Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Louis W. Brooks Ball Turret Gunner
Timothy was KIA when his plane crashed on the mission after being attacked by various enemy aircraft, on May 19, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Timothy was is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
But his remains were recovered and now is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.
Thanks to http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=492home
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
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