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GARLICK, Harold W - Date of
birth
1920 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12136611 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
20th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 February 1944 - Place of
death
Admont, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Benjamin H. Garlick (father)
Clara H. Garlick (mother)
Edward Garlick (brother)
Ralph Garlick (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31425 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Steyr, Austria
Mission: Aircraft Component Factory
MACR: 2709
More information
S/Sgt Harold W. Garlick attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist before he volunteered for the US Army in Newark, New Jersey on 9 September 1942.2nd Lt. Leonard E. Cox:
At approximately 1318 hours plane No. 42-31425 left the formation and I saw two men leave the plane immediately. One chute opened but never could see other chute open. Ship kept losing altitude but was evidently under control. Kept losing altitude until it crashed at 1340 hours into a mountain. I did not observe any other chutes leave the plane but it was very possible for anyone that was not injured to have gotten out of the plane.
He did not have time to bail out. His remains were never recovered.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel