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GROGAN, Frank Elmer Jr - Date of
birth
10 September 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Portsmouth, Virginia -
Hometown
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14124065 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer -
Unit
712th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 March 1945 - Place of
death
Schneverdingen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 6 | 50 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Frank E. Grogan Sr. (father)
Laurie S. (Hamill) Grogan (mother)
John H. Grogan (brother)
Katherine K. Grogan (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-50646 -
Data
Type: B-24
Destination: Buchen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil depot
MACR: 13548
More information
Frank Grogan graduated from Reidsville High School and attended the University of North Carolina for two years.He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 24 July 1942.
The airplane was attacked by ME-262's. It went in a tight spin before the wing tanks exploded and tored the wings off. The fuselage crashed on a shoe factory in Schneverdingen, Germany.
Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Nine men were killed. they were initially buried at the cemetery of Schneverdingen.
T/Sgt. Frank Grogan didn’t bail out. He was killed in the airplane and his remains were last seen in the wreckage.
His brother, S/Sgt John H. Grogan, served with the 723rd Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group and was killed on 23 February 1944. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - WWII Draft Card Young Men - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com – University of North Carolina School Yearbook 1940, www.findagrave.com - Jimmy Lawson