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Wayne Eskeli: Staff Sgt. U.S. Army, World War II


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Pfc. Wayne Eskeli (UPCCEM, Feb. 1944)
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Wayne Eskeli (UPCCEM, June 1946)
​Wayne Eskeli, son of Mrs. M. Saxberg, Hanna, enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 30, 1942 and received his discharge December 15, 1945. Wayne served his country three years, two years and two months of this being overseas in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre of Operations. (UPCCEM, June 1946)

Hanna Cemetery Record

Eskeli, Wayne
Link: ​Headstone: "May 4, 1911 - Jun. 19, 1996; S SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Plot: 56
Age: 85
Note: Wayne served in the Army Air Force as an airplane mechanic for a troop carrier squadron that operated against the Japanese over Burma. Wayne was the son of Mrs. Hilma Saxberg. Wayne graduated from Hanna High School. (CCA)
Note: 
Wayne Eskeli, son of Mrs. M. Saxberg, Hanna, enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 30, 1942 and received his discharge December 15, 1945. Wayne served his country three years, two years and two months of this being overseas in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre of Operations. (UPCCEM, June 1946)

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