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Personal info

Full name
VOLIVA, Huron Rudolph
Date of birth
19 April 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34313630
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
721st Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1944
Place of death
Dietachdorf, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 5 17

Immediate family

Members
Schafter H. Voliva (father)
Minnie G. (Etheridge) Voliva (mother)
Nancy V. Voliva (sister)
Alva E. Voliva (brother)
Marvin Voliva (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-29338
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Steyr, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the industrial complex
MACR: 3209

More information

T/Sgt Huron R. Voliva was a weigher before he enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 29 July 1942.

S/Sgt Anthony J. Vola:
“Near the target area we were attacked by enemy fighters. While on the bomb run I saw ship #41-29338 attacked and a few seconds later he went into a dive with the #2 engine on fire. As the aircraft went down out of sight I saw one person bail out. Soon after this, I saw the ship going down. It was apparently hit since it was leaving a smoke trail. As the ship went out of sight I failed to see any parachutes. The location as noted by the Navigator was 48.08N 14.00E.”
Sgt Nicholas J. Sciarrotta:
"T/Sgt Voliva was hit by a 20mm shell, which exploded in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Voliva Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Mr Flenz, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Feb.44.html

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