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LCDR Elmer Andrew “Spike” Conzett

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LCDR Elmer Andrew “Spike” Conzett

Birth
Death
7 Dec 1946 (aged 32)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Sec. 1E - Lot 4339
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Elmer "Spike" Conzett was a 32 year old victim of the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia on December 7, 1946. He was from Dubuque, Iowa and stayed in room 1230. He was a Navy lieutenant commander and a war hero. He sank a Japanese destroyer at the battle of Guadalcanal as a dive-bomber. He was making a one-night stopover in Atlanta and stayed at the Winecoff Hotel while ferrying Navy planes from Norfolk, Virginia to Long Beach, California.

Atlanta Constitution obit:

Conzett - Lt. Com. E. A. Conzett passed away Saturday morning. Funeral plans will be announced later by Henry M. Blanchard.
Elmer "Spike" Conzett was a 32 year old victim of the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia on December 7, 1946. He was from Dubuque, Iowa and stayed in room 1230. He was a Navy lieutenant commander and a war hero. He sank a Japanese destroyer at the battle of Guadalcanal as a dive-bomber. He was making a one-night stopover in Atlanta and stayed at the Winecoff Hotel while ferrying Navy planes from Norfolk, Virginia to Long Beach, California.

Atlanta Constitution obit:

Conzett - Lt. Com. E. A. Conzett passed away Saturday morning. Funeral plans will be announced later by Henry M. Blanchard.

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