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MCCARTHY, Joseph J - Date of
birth
10 July 1918 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-809674 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator/Nose Gunner -
Unit
340th Bombardment Squadron,
97th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters,
Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 May 1944 - Place of
death
Unterstinkenbrunn, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 48 | 15 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Edward J. McCarthy (father)
Margaret E. (Bishop) McCarthy (mother)
Veronica M. McCarthy (sister)
Vincent E. McCarthy (brother)
Francis X. McCarthy (brother)
Marguerite McCarthy (sister)
Eileen P. McCarthy (sister)
Raymond T. McCarthy (brother)
Elizabeth A. McCarthy (sister)
Margaret R. (Fedor) McCarthy (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97655 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR: 4722
More information
1st Lt Joseph J. McCarthy graduated from Lincoln High School, where he served as captain of the gym team, and attended the American Institute of Banking before his employment at First National Bank of Jersey City and Western Electric.He joined the Army Air Corps on 7 January 1943. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in August 1943.
2nd Lt Leo A. Dennison:
"I was flying as pilot in Aircraft number 1392. We were flying on right wing of aircraft #655. We were on the bomb run when about one before bombs away, I saw the nose of ship number 655 explode, scattering in small pieces from the leading edge of the aircraft forward. That is all I saw, and no parachutes were visible to me."
Lt Col Homer T. Hill:
"My opinion is that he was instantly killed by explosion."
All three of his brothers also served in the military during the war: two in the Navy and one in the Army.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com, The Jersey City Journal - 5 July 1944
Photo source: - FindaGrave.com - Damaris Acevedo, The Jersey City Journal - 5 July 1944, 1937 Lincoln High School Quill Yearbook