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Personal info

Full name
YERGEY, Richard Frederick
Date of birth
6 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33831532
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
854th Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

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 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Yergey (father)
Laura (Eshbach) Yergey (mother)
Anna M. (Sell) Yergey (wife)

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

Richard Yergey enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 19 August 1943.

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, Nara, Missing Aircrew Report 11155, www.newspapers.com - Pottstown Mercury, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert