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con- jdock- j seven other | e in- ; Hong | along |Tidioute Soldier Reported To CrBe Missing Listed As Killedatorscon-ldies,twoITMrs. Victoria Pequignot, of Tidioute, was advised on Sunday in abrief message from J. A. Ulio, ad- ---------------jutant general, that her son, S/Sgt. 1 was graduated from William J. Pequignot, missing in ! school. The next two action since last June, was killed in action on June 8 in France. Mo ; further details were suppliedThe young gunner was born in Tidioute February 24, 1915, attended the schools of that borough andthe high years hispent at St. Bonaventure’s College Allegany, N. Y., and followingin 1 graduation there, was employedthis first word had of him since j for a time before he enteredser- 1)RYV)~ eces-.ntial and ruth-e ef-11, jaborhe wras first reported missing.| S/Sgt. Pequignot, tail gunner on the medium Marauder, “a KP’s Dream”, w'as serving with the Ninth Air Force from a station invice.During his training period, he qualified for membership in the famous “Caterpillar Club” when he bailed out of a flaming airplaneiEngland. In February, 1944, he | near Moody Field, Ga. He won his was awarded the Air Forces high- gunner’s wings at Tyndall Field’s est decoration, the Distinguishes gunnery school in Florida. Follow-Mo(SP)wereday lt;Airlir crash here cupar The 200-f( State here, t, estei day !pluncrFlying Cross, the citation reading’, ing assignment to the 9th Air“For unfaltering performance ot Force unit of Marauders, he hadhourBirmiThesmoulstrewunderteringi cmem-- . , , pc^missions dispatched under flown missions over Belgium, Hoi- . dentljhazardous conditions against vitally important enemy installat-orks i ions”. In addition, he wore the Air of | Medal and three Oak Leaf Clustersfor “meritorious achievement”.land and France.Besides his mother, he leaves a brother, Joseph E., at home, and one sister, Cecile J. Vieyra, ofMeadville,the M heavy into tl er hac betwe
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Warren Times Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Apr 16, 1945
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