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A U.S. Army Soldier of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) looks over the casket during the funeral of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. John H. Danneker, 19, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Aug. 26, 2025. In June 1944, Danneker was assigned to the 565th Bombardment Squadron in the famed 8th Air Force, in the European Theater. On June 20, Danneker, the left waist gunner onboard a B-24J “Liberator” bomber, went missing in action when his plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark after colliding with another B-24 in the same formation. Combined efforts from Trident Archäologie, Wessex Archaeology, the Royal Danish Navy, Project Recover and the Langelands Museum, during multiple underwater recovery missions allowed for Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency personnel to account for Danneker on Dec. 24, 2024. (Defense Department photo by Ashley M. Wright)
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2025 18:15 |
| Photo ID: | 9279432 |
| VIRIN: | 250826-F-WJ103-1006 |
| Resolution: | 4608x3456 |
| Size: | 3.7 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 4 |
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