Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Joseph Girard Azat.
Unit/Placed in, 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group.
Joseph is born approx. on 27 March 1927 in Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania.
Father, Joseph Azat.
Born in Italy.
Mother, Angela Azat.
Sister(s), Anne Azat.
Joseph enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 0-820195.
Joseph was KIA when there was nothing heard over radio or else (probably bad weather) on 5 Oct. 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Joseph is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/33rd_Fighter_Group.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
