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Personal info

Full name
MATLACK, Vincent Depaul Jr
Date of birth
17 September 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-818721
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
546th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 July 1944
Place of death
South of Grünwald, south of Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 13 33

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Matlack Sr. (father)
Bertha Matlack (mother)
Katherine Matlack (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97273
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Aces and Ates
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 7568

More information

Vincent Matlack was a machine operator before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 14 August 1942.

The airplane was hit by flak immediately after bombs away. It exploded a few thousand feet below the formation.

Five crew members were taken prisoner and four men were killed.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. City Directories, www.fold3.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.384thbombgroup.com/