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Marine 2ndLt Edward Sharp Frantz.
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Contact Info
Home Town New Iberia
Last Address New Iberia
MIA Date Sep 28, 1943
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Saint Lucia
Location of Memorial Rose Hill Cemetery - New Iberia, Louisiana
Marine Scouting Squadron 3 (VMS-3) "Devilbirds" in flight near the Virgin Islands. Based at Marine Corps Air Station Bourne Field, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, during the entire course of its existence, the squadron logged patrols from 1934 to 1944. Included among them were flights on 11-14 May 1942 to circumvent the expected escape attempt of the French Fleet for Guadaloupe
FRANTZ, Edward Sharp, 20264, VMS3, MCAS, NOB, Virgin Is, September 28, 1943, accidental death + FRANTZ, Edward Sharp, Second Lieutenant, O-020264, USMC, from Louisiana, East Coast Memorial
2ndLt Edward Sharp Frantz, pilot, was declared Missing on 28 Sep 1943.
