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Personal info

Full name
GREEN, John Rodney
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-772214
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
569th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Kanzlershof, Gut Moor near Hamburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 30 8

Immediate family

Members
Leslie M. Green (father)
Myrtle Green (mother)
Velma Green (sister)
Frank Green (brother)
Marion Green (sister)
Helen (Smith) Green (wife)
Michael J. Green (son)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38547
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 10261

More information

2nd Lt John R. Green graduated from Fort Atkinson High School in 1941 and attended Milton College.

A/C 547 was hit by flak. Three men were able to bail out and ended up POW. The remaining 6 crew members were killed in the crash.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Fort Atkinson High School, 1941