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MARRIOTT, Dean Harold - Date of
birth
22 April 1921 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York -
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12168092 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 January 1944 - Place of
death
Near Reichweiler, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 14 | 32 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Robert H. Marriott (father)
Minnie E. (Wasson) Marriott (mother)
Robert B. Marriott (brother)
Kenneth R. Marriott (brother)
Gordon L. Marriott (brother)
Barbara G. Marriott (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38001 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2380
More information
Sgt Dean H. Marriott attended John Marshall and East High Schools and was an electrician at T.H. Green Electric Company before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Rochester, New York on 5 October 1942.The airplane was attacked by German fighters and a Me-109 crashed into it.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Adrianne Bosco Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle - 13 February 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Roy Marriott