Tarpey Timothy Nicholas

Name and Rank, Second Lieutenant Timothy Nicolas Tarpey.

Unit/Placed in, 858th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group (Heavy).

Timothy was born approx. on July 16, 1919 in Passaic County, New Jersey.

Father, Timothy F. Tarpey.

Mother, Catherine Elizabeth (Cosker) Tarpey.

Sisters, Elenor and Ellen H. Tarpey.

Brothers, John and Joseph Tarpey.

Timothy entered the Service from New Jersey with service number # O-696273.

Timothy’s crewmembers and positions onboard the plane a B-24 were,

2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Herbert Pilot

2nd Lt. William L. Covington Co Pilot

2nd Lt. Harold M. Bachman Navigator

2nd Lt. Timothy N. Tarpey Bombardier

S/Sgt. Joe O. Powell Jr. Engineer

S/Sgt. Lawrence E. Nursall Nose Gunner

Sgt. Maraha L.W. Johnson Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. Vincent J. Kalata Left Waist Gunner

Sgt. George F. Guy Jr. Top Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Louis W. Brooks Ball Turret Gunner

Timothy was KIA when his plane crashed near Erichshagen, Germany after being attacked by enemy aircraft, on May 19, 1944, and he is honored with the Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Timothy is was buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Walls of the missing.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

His remains are recovered in 2002 and he is on November 18, 2002 buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Thanks to http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=492home

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYT8-7YH

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com