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Paul Harold O'Connell
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Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 2 BN 9 INF 2 DIV
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Date of Death
April 21, 1953
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Sergeant First Class O'Connell was a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On April 21, 1953, he was the observer on a LT-6G Mosquito control aircraft from the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. While on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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