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Personal info

Full name
VUKOVICH, Matthew Jr
Date of birth
8 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Wendell, West Virginia
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
0-714786
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
854th Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near the Annaturm
Springe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 39 14

Immediate family

Members
Matthew Vukovich Sr (father)
Anna P. (Suzic) Vukovich (mother)
Thomas J. Vukovich (brother)
Elizabeth A. Vukovich (sister)
Norman Vukovich (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40108
Data
Type: B-24 J
Nickname: Blue Circle
Destination: Misburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Deurag oil refinery
Macr: 11155

More information

Matthew Vukovich joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Miami Beach, Florida.

The airplane was shot by enemy fighters. Due to the number of attacks and shot down airplanes, more information about the exact circumstances are not available. The entire crew of ten men was killed.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Eimbeckhausen-Springe on 29 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, WWIIMemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR / WWII Registration Card www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette