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name
LAUFFER, Oliver P - Date of
birth
13 December 1921 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Will County, Illinois -
Hometown
Will County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-733327 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
George A. Lauffer (father)
Florence A. (Bristol) Lauffer (mother)
Bristol F. Lauffer (brother)
George D. Lauffer (brother)
Alice A. Lauffer (sister)
Frederick B. Lauffer (brother)
Adelaide M. Lauffer (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29709 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Yo-Brother
Destination: Hannover, Germany
MACR: 190
More information
Last seen to hit water about 10 minutes off Island of Nordernay with one engine on fire, tail chewed up.He is remembered at the St. John’s United Church of Christ in Mokena, Illinois.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hanna C. Lauffer-Dawson, The Lauffer Family