Scott Adams Lauritzen
MilitaryAssigned to 352BS, 303BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brux in B-17 44-6351 4-Mar-45; flak, crashed Waidhofen, Austria; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12903
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16138659 / O-928022
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Canton, OH | 25 December 1922 | Son of Hans Peter and Mary Helen [Adams] Lauritzen. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 5 December 1942 | |
Died |
Waidhofen, Austria | 4 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brux in B-17 44-6351 4-Mar-45; flak, crashed Waidhofen, Austria; KIA MACR 12903 |
Based |
Lucera | 4 March 1945 | Assigned to 352BS, 303BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot G Row 15 Grave 30 | ||
Buried |
North Lawn Cemetery, Canton, OH | Memorialised North Lawn Cemetery Canton, Stark County, OH |
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