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Personal info

Full name
ALGEO, Jerre Merl
Date of birth
6 August 1908
Age
34
Place of birth
Golden City, Barton County, Missouri
Hometown
Golden City, Barton County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37224874
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 July 1943
Place of death
Near the Groote Haar
Schelluinen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 8 12

Immediate family

Members
George S. Algeo (father)
Nina (McCracken) Algeo (mother)
Anna E. Algeo (sister)
June Algeo (sister)
Icae M. Algeo (sister)
Earl M. Algeo (brother)
Glady (Cole) Algeo (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3116
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kassel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Waldau Fieseler Works aviation industry
MACR: 373

More information

S/Sgt Jerre M. Algeo was married to Glady Cole on 9 November 1933.

He enlisted on 1 October 1942 and was sent overseas on 1 July 1943.

The bomber was shot down by enemy fighters. Eight crew members survived and were taken prisoner; two men were killed.

The aircraft crashed in a canal in Gorinchem.

S/Sgt Algeo's remains were recovered on 17 August 1943 and initially buried at the cemetery of Schelluinen.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - ABMC Cemeteries, National Archives, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Missouri Marriage Records, Lebanon Daily Record (newspaper), www.findagrave.com, John Huser / Lockwood Luminary /Lamar Democrat - 27 April 2013

Photo source: Sebastiaan Vonk, John Huser, Lockwood Luminary, Lamar Democrat, www.ancestry.com - Lockwood High School Yearbook 1946