Lawrence William Kinsella, ^

1913 - 1943  (30 years)

• Name	Lawrence William Kinsella  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	10 Sep 1913	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Sep 1943	Tallahasse, Leon, FL   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	CAUS: in an airplane crash during WWIIPatchogue Advance, 30 Sept. 1943:Plane Crash Kills Sgt. L. KinsellaBrookhaven Resident, Members of Large FamilyLeaves Bride of Only Two Months, Former Rosemary Cleaves, Bellport Teacher — Expected Ove
  Burial	Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I9789	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Patrick Kinsella,   b. 12 Mar 1868, Ireland d. 7 Jul 1943 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Hill, ^,   b. 21 May 1883, Ireland d. 24 Nov 1979, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1905/6  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F4496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosemary Cleaves,   b. 24 Dec 1917, New York, United States d. 22 Jan 1991, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt Jul 1943
  Family ID	F4501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1237] Ronald Kinsella, , ; supplied by Ron Kinsella, [address for private use], Brookhaven, NY 11719. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 30 Sept 1943, p. 1. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 16 Dec 1943, p. 1. Citation Issued For Sgt. Kinsella Mother Receives Document on Airman's Sacrifice. Brookhaven Man Killed in Crash Praised by General Arnold, Commander of Army Flying Forces. Mrs. Patrick Kinsella of Meadow lane, Brookhaven, has received a posthumous citation of honor of the U. S. Army Air Forces, for her son, Sgt. Lawrence W. Kinsella, age 30, who gave his life in performance of his duty on September 26, 1943. He was killed in an airplane accident at Tallahassee, Fla. The citation says: "He lived to bear his country's arms. He died to save its honor. He was a soldier and he knew a soldier's duty. His sacrifice will help to keep aglow the flaming torch that lights our lives, that millions yet unborn may know the priceless joy of liberty. And we pay him homage and rededicate ourselves to a complete fulfillment of the task for which he so gallantly has placed his life upon the altar of man's freedom." This is signed Gen H. H. Arnold, U. S. A., commanding general, Army Air Forces, War Dept., Washington. Sergeant Kinsella was radioman on a B-25 bomber. He was a former employee of Roulston grocery stores in Bellport, Medford and Patchogue, and joined the Army September 29, 1942. A native of Brookhaven, he was educated in the Brookhaven school and Patchogue High school. His father died some months ago. His wife was the former Miss Rosemary Cleaves of Bellport. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 3 Aug. 1944. p. 6. Presidential Citation In Kinsella's Death A Presidential citation awarded in the death of Sgt. Lawrence W. Kinsella, aged 30, who was killed on September 26 last, when the B-25 bomber, to which he was assigned as a radioman and gunner, crashed near Tallahassee, Fla., has been received by his wife, Mrs. Rosemary Cleaves Kinsella of Bellport. The citation, signed by President Roosevelt, says of Sergeant Kinsella, "He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives and through it he lives in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men." [S544] World War II Memorial Plaque, Memorial Park, Brookhaven Hamlet, New York. [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 418.0.