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Personal info

Full name
CASSIDY, John Herbert
Date of birth
13 April 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O-755517
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
334th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Near Oldenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 36 55

Immediate family

Members
Herbert E. Cassidy (father)
Ruth B. (Beasley) Cassidy (mother)
Sue H. Cassidy (sister)
Herberta R. Cassidy (sister)
Louise Cassidy (sister)
Robert B. Cassidy (brother)
Blanche K. Cassidy (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-2943
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Berlin, Germany
MACR: 2980

More information

The airplane was shot down by fighters near Oldenburg, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Sydney Haines Stephens

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Sydney Haines Stephens