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Personal info

Full name
REPAR, Frank J
Date of birth
8 September 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
20517870
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Crew Chief
Unit
573rd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 August 1946
Place of death
English Channel

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Repar (father)
Mary Repar (mother)
Joseph Repar (brother)
Mary Repar (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Frank J. Repar graduated from East Technical High School in 1940.

Departed from A-74 Cambrai, France.
Two crew members Pilot Kenneth E. Shoemaker and Crew Chief Frank J. Repar.

A-26C Aircraft, serialnumber 322598, departed Strip A-74, Cambrai, France at 1600 hours, 6 August 1945, enroute to Valley, Wales, on the first leg of a flight to the Z.I.

Report is received from Valley, Wales, that aircraft is overdue and has not arrived. There are no eyewhitness accounts available and no other information is known.
- Statement from Joseph Berman, Captain, Air Corps, Adjutant.

T/Sgt Repar was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, Enlistment Record, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, East Technical High School 1940