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HERR, John Granger - Date of
birth
25 April 1916 -
Age
27 -
Place of birth
Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-809603 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 March 1944 - Place of
death
Lake Constance near Bregenz, Austria
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John F. Herr (father)
Lillian M. (Granger) Herr (mother)
Martin D. Herr (brother)
Dolores E. (Emigh) Herr (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39967 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mary Kay
Destination: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Dornier-Werke aircraft factory
MACR: 3224
More information
2nd Lt John G. Herr graduated from Hershey Industrial School in 1934. He attended Pennsylvania State College and was employed as a designer at the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Company before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 23 June 1942.A flak hit caused the airplane to drop out of formation after which enemy aircraft attacked. It crashed on the shore of Lake Constance, near Bregenz, Austria.
T/Sgt James L. Norris:
He bailed out near Bregenz, Austria and I believe his parachute did not open in time and he landed in lake Constance.
He is remembered at the Anville United Brethren Cemetery in Anville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Bruce Weirauch / Patti Johnson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Misty / Mosslady, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks