Sylvester Vincent Lello

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24#42-51532 named 'Hot Rock'.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061149 at enlistment, then O-713603
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12176128 at enlistment, then T-125579
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14164570
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Born

Dupont, Pennsylvania, USA 8 August 1921

Enlisted

1 August 1942 Hartford, Connecticut

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 September 1944 Wildeck, Germany
East Porchester, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Buried

Sylvester Lello rests at Arlington, in a common grave, with William Mowat, John Spingler and Orville Smets

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WWII Draft card
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Birsic, MACR 9572, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9572 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database