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HARVEY, John Breckenridge Sr - Date of
birth
9 November 1915 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Plemons, Hutchinson County, Texas -
Hometown
Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-682116 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
567th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
1 April 1944 - Place of
death
Near Pforzheim, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 45 | 17 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph J. Harvey Sr. (father)
Elise (Guinn) Harvey (mother)
Joseph J. Harvey Jr. (brother)
Louie Harvey (brother)
Francis P. Harvey (brother)
Anna B. Harvey (sister)
Billy C. Harvey (brother)
Joyce G. Harvey (sister)
Hazel E. (Denton) Harvey (1st wife)
John B. Harvey Jr. (son)
Sadie Harvey (daughter)
Joyce (McCarthy) Harvey (2nd wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-99977 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: What’s Cookin’ Doc?
Destination: Pforzheim, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 3598
More information
2nd Lt John B. Harvey attended college and was a civil engineer before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 17 December 1941.The airplane was shot down by flak.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / P.R. Lindler Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
Photo source: Arie-Jan van Hees - Bombardier Class Book 43-08 Midland Army Air Field Texas, www.findagrave.com – Major M / Edith Guynes Stanley