Rank
Class Of
1945
Branch
MIA/KIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
Feb. 5, 1923
Died
April 28, 1945
Fraternity
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross
Buried
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California (Plot Section J Site 773)
Image
Biography
1st Lt. Thienes was Born in Eugene Oregon, he signed the draft on 30 Jun 1942 and was called into service in Portland on 27 Feb 1943. He served with the 787 Bomb Group, and died in a B-24 crash when his aircraft crashed into a fog bank on the side of a mountain in Italy.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27082840
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx719t26t#page/12/mo... (pgs 12, 16)
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bm10v#page/22/mo... (pg 22)