Grave Cross for Vincent J. Marimpietri and Jerome Resler in the Soldiers' Cemetery Lienz

On June 9, 1944, a US bomber crashed in the district of Oberdorf in the municipality of Thurn near Lienz. As a result, the 21-year-old gunner Vincent J. Marimpietri lost his life. Another aircraft was shot down on November 22, 1944, in the South Tyrolean municipality of Innichen. The 22-year-old gunner and second radio operator Jerome Resler suffered severe abdominal injuries and died no more than ten days later in the reserve hospital in Lienz. At the initiative of Keith M. Bullock and with the support of Roland Domanig, the Black Cross erected a grave cross for the two air force personnel in the year 2000. On July 30, a ceremony took place under the patronage of Bishop Alois Kothgasser and the mayor of Lienz, Helga Machne, to which an American delegation had come.