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Personal info

Full name
GVEROVICH, John Joseph
Date of birth
2 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32764696
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Jardinghausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 41 54

Immediate family

Members
Luka Gverovich (father)
Wilma (Tramsek) Gverovich (mother)
Mary Gverovich (sister)
Florence Gverovich (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38011
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Kinda Ruff
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Robert Bosch electrical factory
MACR: 3023

More information

A Me 109 came in at 1 o'clock low and sprayed the front of the aircraft with 20mm shells, hitting the wing tanks. The right wing and tanks began to burn.

Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, 100thBombGroup, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, 1940 Census, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: 100thBombGroup, www.findagrave.com - Bob Fuerst