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PETREY, Claude Alexander - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana -
Hometown
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38518514 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
20th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 August 1944 - Place of
death
Vsetin, Czechoslovakia
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 27 | 60 |
Immediate family
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Members
Robert U. Petrey (father)
Gertie (Caudle) Petrey (mother)
Estelle Petrey (sister)
Belle M. Petrey (sister)
Thorald W. Petrey (brother)
Marion Petrey (sister)
Helen W. (Moreau) Petrey (wife)
Christine Petrey (daugther)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31885 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Lovely Ladies
Destination: Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 8099
More information
Sgt Claude A. Petry graduated from Byrd High School and was employed at the Cedar Grove A. and P. store.He was overseas since only a few weeks and was killed on his seventh mission.
Capt George B. Sweeney:
"This group was heavily attacked by E/A from 1041 to 1100 hours. From 50/70 enemy aircraft took part, coming in aggressively to as close as twenty yards from three to nine o’clock, concentrating on the rear squadron. Two aircraft of the fourth squadron were observed to go down in flames, observation of what happened to other aircraft was not possible as group continued, minus last squadron, to target. The largest number of chutes observed in the area of enemy attacks was three."
2nd Lt Charles H. McVey
"Probably did not get out of ship."
The picture were taken in high school.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com- Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 census / Schultz Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – John Andrew Prime, The Times 11 September 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – John Andrew Prime, Byrd High School yearbook 1940