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Personal info

Full name
CHERESCAVICH, Vincent A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42004669
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
586th Bombardment Squadron,
394th Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Epinoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 24

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Cherescavich (father)
Margaret M. (Gallagher) Cherescavich (mother)
Gertrude D. Cherescavich (sister)
Joseph E. Cherescavich (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-34212
Data
Type: B-26G-1-MA

More information

Cpl. Vincent A. Cherescavich graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1941.

The airplane crashed after a mid air collision with another B-26 (#42-96207) over the advanced landing ground A-75, situated in Cambrai/Epinoy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://asisbiz.com/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Perth Amboy High School yearbook, 1941