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Personal info

Full name
PUNG, Theodore George
Date of birth
6 August 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
20647748
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
784th Bombardment Squadron,
466th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1944
Place of death
2 km north of Lembruch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 11 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Pung (father)
Emma A. (Klamert) Pung (mother)
Charles A. Pung (brother)
Joseph E. Pung (brother)
Francis J. Pung (brother)
Robert C. Pung (brother)
Bernard N. Pung (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52596
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Mammy Yokum
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the MIAG aviation industry
MACR: 3846

More information

S/Sgt Theodore G. Pung graduated from Bay View High School in 1940.

The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft. 6 crew members died. S/Sgt Pung with the other five crew members were initially buried at the community graveyard Durlage at Lembruch.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Jac Engels, http://www.americanairmuseum.com, Bayview High School 1945 Yearbook