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Soldier Creek's B-29 Super Fortress Crash Memorial

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Memorials	:	1
Location	:	Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.7888400, -88.4290800
Description	:	A Remembrance Memorial erected near the crash site. Erected by Marshall County Fiscal Court on September 7, 2008. Listed here with GPS coordinates to easily be found for visiting. Inscription: On July 1, 1945. A B-29 Superfortress #44-86334, six miles south of Benton, Kentucky, crashed near Soldier Creek Church. Nine men aboard the B-29 lost their lives and one survived after being thrown from the aircraft and parachuting to safety. This monument shall remain in remembrance of their sacrifice and of those who have served and continue to serve on foreign and domestic soils as ambassadors for our freedom and democracy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This... Read More	A Remembrance Memorial erected near the crash site. Erected by Marshall County Fiscal Court on September 7, 2008. Listed here with GPS coordinates to easily be found for visiting. Inscription: On July 1, 1945. A B-29 Superfortress #44-86334, six miles south of Benton, Kentucky, crashed near Soldier Creek Church. Nine men aboard the B-29 lost their lives and one survived after being thrown from the aircraft and parachuting to safety. This monument shall remain in remembrance of their sacrifice and of those who have served and continue to serve on foreign and domestic soils as ambassadors for our freedom and democracy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This crash has long lived in stories and memories in rural Marshall County. Now, the soldiers who were killed in that crash are being honored. The Marshall County Fiscal Court bought a monument honoring the crew and unveiled it near the crash, close to the Soldier Creek Church. The four-engine heavy bomber crashed about 1 a.m. The plane took off from Kirtland Airfield in Albuquerque, N.M., and refueled in Nashville before flying into Western Kentucky, and into a severe thunderstorm, debris being scattered over 2 miles along Ky US 80. One sole survivor, CPL Irving A. Elias from New York City. The bodies of the other soldiers — 1st Lt. Joseph F. Arone, Cpl. Roy G. Berryhill, 2nd Lt. Ward W. Copenhaver, Flight Officer Eugene M. Graham, Sgt. Romold A. Krzyzan, Sgt. Delmar H. Lumberg, Sgt. Arnold A. Rushton, Flight Officer James R. Schetzsle and 2nd Lt. Richard O. Snow — were taken to then Camp Campbell, now Fort Campbell on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. The Market House Museum, in Paducah, KY, features displays on 1945 military plane crash, which includes photographs, information on each of the soldiers, and telegraphs/letters sent to the families.

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Soldier Creek's B-29 Super Fortress Crash Memorial is located at 536 Soldier Ceek Road / KY-1522 Benton, Marshall County ,Kentucky , 42054USA.
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Latitude: 36.7888400
Longitude: -88.4290800

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Soldier Creek Cemetery
Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7905884, -88.4280472

2. Treas Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7866554, -88.4164658

3. Waller Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8017616, -88.4302902

4. Brewers Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7711029, -88.4379654

5. Ivey Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8078766, -88.4202881

6. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Harvey, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8073196, -88.4176636

7. Lyles Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7904892, -88.4571075

8. Promise Land Ministries Cemetery
Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7836640, -88.3983780

9. E. E. Smith Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7636110, -88.4347220

10. Washam Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8159142, -88.4309082

11. Anderson Cemetery
Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7966385, -88.3962326

12. Lighthouse Baptist Church Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7703094, -88.4033813

13. York Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7711983, -88.4021988

14. Perry Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7624054, -88.4178848

15. Walker Cemetery
Harvey, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8186302, -88.4158020

16. Cole Cemetery
Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8194008, -88.4122009

17. Waller Graveyard
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8244438, -88.4327774

18. Sutherland Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7838898, -88.4749985

19. Brewer Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7721786, -88.4733505

20. Brewer-Mathis Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7722220, -88.4738890

21. Ray Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7531040, -88.4503910

22. Smith Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8261375, -88.4481277

23. Gore Cemetery
Brewers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.7747002, -88.3816986

24. Jones Cemetery
Benton, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 36.8309091, -88.4290931

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