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Personal info

Full name
CAPOGRECO, Russell P
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
12198242
Rank
Private
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
512th Bombardment Squadron,
376th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1944
Place of death
Near Kematen an der Krems, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 40

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Capogreco (father)
Lillian Capogreco (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100255
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Steyr, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the industrial complex
MACR: 2584

More information

Pvt Russell P. Capogreco attended high school for three years before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Rochester, New York on 20 October 1942.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Five men were killed.

The airplane crashed in Sankt Valentin, but according to German records, Pvt Capogreco's remains were found near Kematen an der Krems.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, http://aircrewremembered.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Loren Bender, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle New York - 25 March 1944