Byron Darnton
Journalist, Deceased Person
1897 – 1942
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Who was Byron Darnton?
Byron Darnton was an American reporter and war correspondent for the New York Times in the Pacific theater during World War II.
He was killed in 1942 by a bomb dropped from an American B-25 Mitchell bomber, the tenth American war correspondent killed in action in the war. Darnton's work in reporting on the war in the Pacific was respected by military officials, including General Douglas MacArthur, who personally reported Darnton’s passing to the Times and Darnton’s widow.
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- Born
- Nov 8, 1897
Adrian - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Michigan
- Died
- Oct 18, 1942
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on July 23, 2013
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