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URDIA, John David Jr - Date of
birth
24 December 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Mansfield, Richland County,Ohio -
Hometown
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19064091 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
711th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
24 May 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John D. Urdia (father)
Mary Urdia (mother)
Elizabeth Urdia (sister)
George Urdia (brother)
Mildred Urdia (sister)
Mary Urdia (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-102494 -
Data
Type: B17-G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 5249
More information
T/Sgt John D. Urdia Jr. graduated from Senior High School and was employed at the Ohio Brass Company for four years, where he worked as a machinist and the Consolidated Aircraft Company.He enlisted at Fort Rosencrans, California on 19 December 1941.
His father was born in Rumania and operated a restaurant on Bowman Street in Mansfield.
The aircraft was caught in prop wash, thrown back, and into a spin.
Sgt Urdia had claimed two German fighter planes destroyed on a raid over Berlin on 29 April 1945.
Source of information: http://search.ancestry.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave., New York, Passenger Lists / U.S. City Directories, Mansfield, Ohio, www.newspapers.com - News-Journal
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - News-Journal