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MESCHIEVITZ, Theodore J - Date of
birth
17 October 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Wisconsin -
Hometown
Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36231415 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Off the northern tip of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Vincent W. Meschievitz (father)
Alexandra W. (Pomicther) Meschievitz (mother)
Vincent A. Meschievitz (brother)
Vadja E. Meschievitz (sister)
Mary Meschievitz (sister)
John Meschievitz (brother)
Josephine C. Meschievitz (sister)
Anthony Meschievitz (brother)
Heno Meschievitz (brother)
William G. Meschievitz (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3249 -
Data
Type: B17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569
More information
S/Sgt Theodore J. Meschievitz worked on a farm.He enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 12 January 1942.
The airplane was lost as the result of enemy aircraft attacks and was last seen near the Dutch coast. It is assumed the airplane crashed into the sea, north of Texel. All crew members are still missing in action and are all remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
He is remembered at the Saint Anne Cemetery in Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.findagrave.com - Carrie Nelson
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, Do Mottram, The Meschievitz Family