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BERRY, Roger Bernard - Date of
birth
26 October 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Washington, District of Columbia -
Hometown
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-800812 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
763rd Bombardment Squadron,
460th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 October 1944 - Place of
death
Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 22 | 40 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Roger B. Berry (father)
Helena B. (Smith) Berry (mother)
Roger W. Berry (brother)
Helena P. Berry (sister)
David P. L. Berry (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-99798 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Ashean Charley
Destination: Graz, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 9303
More information
2nd Lt Roger B. Berry graduated from Ramsay High School in Alabama and attended college for one year.He volunteered for the US Army in Montgomery, Alabama on 13 February 1942.
1st Lt Walter C. Martin Jr.:
"I was flying number five position of the lead box of the third attack unit when we went over the target at Graz, Austria. Lt Berry was flying #42-99798 in number seven position. Over the target the flak was intense and accurate. Just after the bombs were away, Lt Berry’s plane evidently suffered a direct hit as it exploded. I saw only the actual explosion as it was almost instantly out of my line of vision. My left waist gunner reported that the plane had disintegrated."
S/Sgt Roy F. Kragel:
"He was at controls when plane exploded so therefore I deem it impossible for him to have escaped the explosion."
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Berry Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Oct.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com