10 Men of the 409th Fighter Squadron -- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio TX - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

Ten men of a flight crew flying a B-25C-1 aircraft died in a plae crash on 14 July 1945. Their recovered remains are buried in a single grave at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio Texas.

From the Wikipedia article List of Accidents and Incidents Involving Military Aircraft (1945–49): (visit link)

"14 July 1945

North American TB-25C Mitchell, (built as B-25C-1), 41-13105, assigned to the 409th Fighter Squadron, 372d Fighter Group, Esler Army Air Field near Pineville, Louisiana, crashes and burns one mile NW of Weldon, Texas, in a heavy rainstorm, killing nine crew."

The tombstone reads as follows:

"CAPTAINS
Harold M. Hamilton
Raymond B. Avery

TECHNICAL SERGEANT
Raymond L. Tieden

SERGEANTS
Ralph S. Mann
Edwin G. Craig
Robert E. Marble
Robert W. Bagnall

CORPORALS
Robert F. Souders
Carl F. Wickenheiser
Charles T. Fortenberry

409 Fighter Squadron, Air Corps
Killed in Airplane Crash, July 14, 1945"

Type of Death Listed: Accident Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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