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Personal info

Full name
ROCK, Warren Lorraine
Date of birth
5 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32812538
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
850th Bombardment Squadron,
801st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 July 1944
Place of death
Lagny-le-Sec, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 68

Immediate family

Members
James A. Rock (father)
Nellie (Seipel) Rock (mother)
Alexander F. Rock (brother)
James S. Rock (brother)
George S. Rock (brother)
Edgar Rock (brother)
Harold P. Rock (brother)
Jessie Rock (sister)
William L. Rock (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50386
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Boots
Destination: France
Mission: Airdrop of weapons
MACR: 6991

More information

S/Sgt Warren L. Rock enlisted in New York City, New York on 22 February 1943.

The aircraft was shot down by an Me-110 night fighter approximately 35 miles south of Paris on the morning of 5 July. It exploded and crashed at 0200hrs at a spot known locally as Les Trois Mares in Lagny-Le-Sec, France.

All eight crew members were killed.

His body was found in a corn field about 200 yards south of the crash site, badly mutilated.

He was buried, together with the tail gunner in one coffin by the Germans at the Cemetery at Creil.

After the war, he was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Maltz Family Tree / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Sarah Jane Gabig