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WERNETH, Harry Walter - Date of
birth
25 July 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13045228 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
30 April 1944 - Place of
death
South of Tigy, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 24 | 21 |
Immediate family
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Members
Harry C. Werneth (father)
Thelma (Locker) Werneth (mother)
Raymond Buseman (half-brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-107012 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Lyon, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 4466
More information
Sgt Harry W. Werneth attended Northeast High School and worked in a laundry before he volunteered in the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 December 1941.Sgt Robert W. Dirks:
Campbell flying to rear of our ship fighter came in from 6 o’clock low hit 17 in belly. When hit must have hit oxygen. Sheet metal, pulley’s and cables fell out. Belly seemed to blow up. Fighter then leveled off on us. Saw one man go out waist. Watched plane it had started in a slow spin down. Did not watch it hit ground as was concentrated on fighter which attack us.
Maj E. A. Bradunas:
I have heard that Lt Regan tells that they found our boys plane crashed and with seven of the boys bodies still there. That only the three who parachuted out were saved.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.
He is remembered in Neuvy-en-Sullias, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bishop Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Courier Post - 17 May 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Riley / Stabler C