Burials of 1st Lt. John B. Leskie (middle initial corrected, for "Benard"), Flight Officer John G. Meuth, 2nd Lt. Lawrence A. Swanson, S/Sgt. Edward Lietener, Sgt. David H. Randolph. All men were members of the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron. Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer and Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves were present at the funeral ceremony. Their unarmed transport plane crashed--in some accounts because of an "accident"--near Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, on December 13, 1944.
Photo December 16, 1944, by Pvt. John F. Albert. B-Detachment, 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627.
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John Benard “Jack” Leskie
John Gregory Meuth
David H. Randolph was born on March 28, 1911. He died on December 13, 1944 at 33 years old.