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Personal info

Full name
LINVILL, Harry J
Date of birth
6 May 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Columbia Township, Whitley County, Indiana
Hometown
Columbia Township, Whitley County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-801138
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
328th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 October 1943
Place of death
North Sea, 110 miles off the northern tip of Texel Island, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Linvill (father)
Lura M. (Deck) Linvill (mother)
Frances Linvill (sister)
Travis O. Linvill (brother)
Forest S. Linvill (brother)
George W. Linvill (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23729
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Shoot Luke / The Duke
Mission: Diversion
MACR: 4927

More information

2nd Lt Harry J. Linvill attended Columbia High School and was a music teacher.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 5 June 1941.

The airplane was shot down by Obfw Robert Roller in a BF 109G-5 from JG 3/6.

The entire crew of ten men was killed. Two of them are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, the other eight are remembered at the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.

2nd Lt Linvill is memorialized at South Park Cemetery in Columbia City, Indiana.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Linvill Family / Birth Certificate / 1920 Census / Family Tree, www.b24bestweb.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michel Beckers / Just Dave, www.ancestry.com - Columbia City High School Yearbook 1935