The author's claim that these are the first soldier deaths on European soil is not correct. There have been a number of aircraft crashes involving US Army and USAF personnel casualties in the European theater over the years. It is also likely that other deaths have occurred during ground and marine environment training and patrol activities by army, marine and naval forces. The database i looked at was only air crashes and there were a number of them with fatal outcomes.
Precise numbers are hard to come by, but you're right, these were indeed not the first US military casualties in Europe since 1945. I will make a correction. Thank you
The author's claim that these are the first soldier deaths on European soil is not correct. There have been a number of aircraft crashes involving US Army and USAF personnel casualties in the European theater over the years. It is also likely that other deaths have occurred during ground and marine environment training and patrol activities by army, marine and naval forces. The database i looked at was only air crashes and there were a number of them with fatal outcomes.
Precise numbers are hard to come by, but you're right, these were indeed not the first US military casualties in Europe since 1945. I will make a correction. Thank you